1. masc., the fruit of the πεύκη, pine-cone, = στρόβιλος, Ps.-Hdt.Vit.Hom.20, Thphr.HP3.9.5, Theoc.5.49, Dsc.1.69, etc.; used in Orphic rites, Orph.Fr.31.29.
2. edible seed of the πίτυς, Mnesith. ap. Ath.2.57b; πιτύϊνοι κ. Alex.Mynd.ibid., cf. IG22.1013.19, OGI629.163 (Palmyra, ii A.D.).
3. fem., pine tree, Pl. Epigr.25 (prob.), Plu.2.640c.
II. from like ness of shape,
1. cone, Democr.155, Arist.Mete.362b2, etc.; γραμμαὶ κατὰ κῶνον ἐκπίπτουσαι so as to form a cone, ib.375b22, cf. 345b6; ὀρθογωνίου, ὀξυγωνίου, ἀμβλυγωνίου κώνου τομά, names for parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola, Archim.Con.Sph.Praef.
b. ὁ κ. τῆς γῆς conical shadow of the earth, Simp.in de An.133.5, cf. Phlp.in de An.348.27; “τῆς νυκτὸς ὁ κ. εἰς ὀξὺ λήγει” Dam.Pr.213.
2. cone or peak of a helmet, AP 9.322 (Leon.).
3. = στρόβιλος, spinning top, Hsch.
4. iron pole round which grain is piled in conical shape, PGrenf.2.17.3 (ii B.C.), Gal.19.76.