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|mdlsjtxt=κῑ́ων, ονος,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[pillar]], Lat. [[columna]], Od.: a [[flogging]]-[[post]], Soph., Aeschin.; [[proverb]]., ἔσθιε τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίονας eat the pillars of his [[hall]], for [[being]] a spendthrift, he had [[nothing]] [[else]] [[left]] to [[give]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in pl. the pillars [[guarded]] by [[Atlas]], [[which]] [[keep]] [[heaven]] and [[earth]] [[asunder]], Od.; [[whereas]] in Hdt. Mount [[Atlas]] is ὁ [[κίων]] τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[columnar]] [[grave]]-[[stone]], Anth.