πίνη: Difference between revisions

|Beta Code=pi/nh

|Definition=[ῑ] (<span class="bibl">Antiph.194.15</span>) and πῖνα, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">pinna</b>, a long-shaped bivalve, with a silky beard or byssus, of which several species inhabit the Mediterranean, freq. mentioned as a delicacy in Com. Poets, e. g. <span class="bibl">Cratin.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Philyll.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>528a24</span>, <span class="bibl">547b15</span>, <span class="bibl">Isid.Char.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp. <span class="title">H.</span>2.187</span>, <span class="bibl">Artem.2.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">pearl</b>, acc. pl. πίνας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>121.9</span> (ii B. C.); πείνας <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1273.10</span> (iii A. D.), cf. <b class="b3">ἀληθινόπινος, πινώτιον, πινάριον</b>.—Written with one ν, <span class="title">UPZ</span>l.c., <span class="title">POxy.</span>l.c., and sts. in codd., cf. <span class="bibl">Cic. <span class="title">Fin.</span>3.63</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">ND</span>2.123</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>9.115</span>, <span class="bibl">142</span>; <b class="b3">πῖνα</b> Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.570</span>, Hsch., Choerob. in <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>2.250; the spelling πινν- in this word and its derivatives is freq. in codd., but is not found in Inscrr. or Papyri.</span>

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