πίτυς
pitys
pine
Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πίτυς [ῐ], υος, ἡ, Ep. dat. pl. πίτυσσιν, A. pine, esp. Pinus Laricio, Corsican pine, π. βλωθρή, τήν τʼ οὔρεσι τέκτονες ἄνδρες ἐξέταμον Il. 13.390; μακρῇσίν τε πίτυσσιν ἰδὲ δρυσίν Od. 9.186; also, Aleppo pine, P. halepensis, HP 3.9.5, Al. 301, 2.1.3, Gp. 2.8.2 (called π. ἀγρία HP 1.9.3, 3.3.1, 5.6.4); stone pine, P. pinea, 5.49, 1.69, 72 (π. ἥμερος 6.9.1); small-seeded pine, P. brutia, π. φθειροποιός HP 2.2.6, cf. HN 16.49; the Isthmian pine was one species, 2, 2.675e: prov., πίτυος τρόπον ἐκτρίβειν like a pine, i.e. utterly, because the pine when cut down never grows again, 6.37 (but this is attributed to the πεύκη, and not to the πίτυς, by HP 3.9.5).
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