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|Definition=[ῑ], ονος, Hom. (not in Il.), mostly<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἡ; ὁ Od.8.66, 473, 19.38, cf. Eumel.11, Ar.''V.''105, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.184, etc.; ἡ Id.1.92, Pi.''P.''1.19, ''IG''9(2).258.12 (Cierium, ii B.C.), al.:—[[pillar]], freq. in Od. of roof-[[pillars]], 19.38, al., cf. ''h.Ap.''8; οἱ κ. οἱ ἐν τῷ Λυκείῳ Pl.''Euthd.''303b, cf. ''SIG''969.10 (Piraeus, iv B.C.), al.; used as a [[flogging]]-[[post]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''108, Aeschin. 1.59: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">ἔσθι' ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίονας</b> eat the [[pillar]]s of his [[hall]], for, being a [[spendthrift]], he had nothing else left to give, Ar.''Nu.'' 815.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of natural objects, [Ἄτλας] ἔχει… κίονας αὐτὸς μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσι Od.1.53; [Ἄτλας] ἕστηκε κίον' (dual) οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς… ἐρείδων A.''Pr.''351; <b class="b3">ὁ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</b> (of Mount Atlas) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.184; <b class="b3">κίων οὐρανία</b>, of Aetna, Pi.''P.''1.19; for the [[Pillars]] of [[Hercules]], v. [[Ἡράκλειος]] ''1''.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[columnar gravestone]], AP7.163 (Leon.): distinguishedfrom [[στήλη]], And.1.38; κίων [[τετράπλευρος]] an [[obelisk]], ''Epigr.Gr.''1061 (Constantinople); any [[column]] bearing an inscription, <b class="b3">ἀγγράψαι ἐγ κίονα λιθίναν</b> ''IG''l.c. (cf. p.xii); <b class="b3">ἔσται ἡ στήλη ἐπὶ τοῦ κείονος</b> ib.22.1368.29 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[uvula]], κ. [[ἀνεσπασμένος]] Hp. ''Epid.''1.26.έ, cf. Arist.''HA''493a3.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[division of the nostrils]], [[cartilage of the nose]], Ruf.''Onom.''37, Poll.2.79, 80.<br><span class="bld">V</span> kind of [[meteor]], Placit.3.2.5.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> kind of [[wart]], Hp.''Nat.Mul.''65, ''Mul.''2.212 (where [[κιών]], oxyt.). (Cf. Arm. siun 'pillar'.)