κῶνος
konos
pine-cone
Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κῶνος, ου, 1. masc., the fruit of the πεύκη, pine-cone, = στρόβιλος, Ps.- Vit.Hom. 20, HP 3.9.5, 5.49, 1.69, etc.; used in Orphic rites, Fr. 31.29. 2. edible seed of the πίτυς, Mnesith. ap. 2.57b; πιτύϊνοι κ. Alex.Mynd.ibid., cf. IG 22.1013.19, OGI 629.163 (Palmyra, ii A.D.). 3. fem., pine tree, Epigr. 25 (prob.), 2.640c. II. from likeness of shape, 1. cone, 155, 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, Con.Sph.Praef. b. ὁ κ. τῆς γῆς conical shadow of the earth, in de An. 133.5, cf. in de An. 348.27; τῆς νυκτὸς ὁ κ. εἰς ὀξὺ λήγει Pr. 213. c. ὁ τῆς ὄψεως κ. cone of vision, 7.95, cf. in de An. 333.27 (pl.). 2. cone or peak of a helmet, AP 9.322 (). 3. = στρόβιλος, spinning top, 4. iron pole round which grain is piled in conical shape, 2.17.3 (ii B.C.), 19.76. 5. στέφανος χρυσοῦς ἐπὶ κώνου δάφνης dub. sens. in Inscr.Délos 442 B 56 (ii B.C.). III. as place-name. πρὸς τῷ ἀνδροφόνῳ κώνῳ dub. sens. in IG 3.61 Aii 15 (ii A.D.).
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