A.to/, Dim. (in form) of πῆνος or πήνη, bobbin, spool (“ἄτρακτος, εἰς ὃν εἰλεῖται ἡ κρόκη” Hsch.), “π. ἐξέλκουσα παρὲκ μίτον” Il.23.762 : pl., “τὰ τροχαῖα πανία” AP6.288 (Leon.), cf. Thphr.HP6.4.5, AP6.285 (Nicarch.(?)); prob. in POxy.1740.6 (iii/iv A. D.).
2. quill, IG22.1522.22.
II. a kind of pupa, perh. of currant-moth, Abraxas grossulariata, Ar.Fr.377, Arist.HA551b6.
III. ornament put on cakes, Poll.6.79, Hsch.