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|Definition=-εως, ἡ, prob.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[saw-fish]], [[Pristis antiquorum]], Epich.59 (v. infr.), ''AP''7.506.10 (Leon.), Polycharm.1, Opp.''H.''1.370, Ael. ''NA''9.49; coupled with [[βοῦς]] (v. [[βοῦς]] ''III'') but distinguished from [[δελφίς]], [[φάλαινα]] and other animals which have a blow-hole instead of gills in Arist.''HA''566b3. ([[πρῆστις]] is read in Epich.l.c., Opp.l.c. ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[πρίστις]]), Ael. [[l.c.]], Suid., but [[πρίστις]] in Arist., Polycharm., ''AP'' ll.cc. and [[pristis]] is the Lat. form, Plin.''HN''9.4,41; the spelling [[πρῆστις]] was perhaps due to the idea that it was a 'spouter'; there was further a supposed connection between [[πρίω]] and <b class="b3">πρήθω; πρίεται· φυσοῦται</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], cf. ''EM''687.39; v. [[πρίω]] II.2 fin.)<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ship of war]], prob. from its shape, Plb.18.1.1, 16.2.9(pl.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> a kind of [[cup]], also from the shape, π., τραγέλαφος κτλ. Diph.80.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> ornamental part of a surgical machine, Orib.49.4.42.<br><span class="bld">V</span> a stone-mason's implement, ''IG''12.313.130; gen.pl. <b class="b3">πριστίω[ν]</b> dub. sens. in ib.42(1).118.15 (Epid., iii B.C.).