A.pine, esp. Pinus Laricio, Corsican pine, “π. βλωθρή, τήν τ᾽ οὔρεσι τέκτονες ἄνδρες ἐξέταμον” Il.13.390; “μακρῇσίν τε πίτυσσιν ἰδὲ δρυσίν” Od.9.186; also, Aleppo pine, P. halepensis, Thphr.HP3.9.5, Nic.Al.301, Paus.2.1.3, Gp.2.8.2 (called “π. ἀγρία” Thphr.HP1.9.3, 3.3.1, Paus.5.6.4); stone pine, P. pinea, Theoc.5.49, Dsc.1.69, 72 (“π. ἥμερος” Paus.6.9.1); small-seeded pine, P. brutia, “π. φθειροποιός” Thphr.HP2.2.6, cf. Plin.HN16.49; the Isthmian pine was one species, Callix.2, Plu.2.675e: prov., πίτυος τρόπον ἐκτρίβειν like a pine, i.e. utterly, because the pine when cut down never grows again, Hdt.6.37 (but this is attributed to the πεύκη, and not to the πίτυς, by Thphr.HP3.9.5).
πίτυς [ι^], υος, ἡ, Ep. dat. pl. πίτυσσιν,