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πίτυς [ι^], υος, , Ep. dat. pl. πίτυσσιν,
A.pine, esp. Pinus Laricio, Corsican pine, “π. βλωθρή, τήν τ᾽ οὔρεσι τέκτονες ἄνδρες ἐξέταμονIl.13.390; “μακρῇσίν τε πίτυσσιν ἰδὲ δρυσίνOd.9.186; also, Aleppo pine, P. halepensis, Thphr.HP3.9.5, Nic.Al.301, Paus.2.1.3, Gp.2.8.2 (called “π. ἀγρίαThphr.HP1.9.3, 3.3.1, Paus.5.6.4); stone pine, P. pinea, Theoc.5.49, Dsc.1.69, 72 (“π. ἥμεροςPaus.6.9.1); small-seeded pine, P. brutia, “π. φθειροποιόςThphr.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).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.37
    • Homer, Odyssey, 9.186
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.1.3
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5.6.4
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 6.9.1
    • Homer, Iliad, 13.390
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.49
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