κίων[ῑ],ονος , Hom. (not in Il. ), mostly
A.
ἡ; ὁ
Od. 8.66
, 473 , 19.38 , cf. Eumel. 11 , Ar. V. 105 , Hdt. 4.184 , etc.;ἡ
Id. 1.92 , Pi. P. 1.19 , IG 9(2).258.12 (Cierium,ii B.C.), al.:—pillar, freq. in Od. of roof-pillars, 19.38 , al., cf. h.Ap. 8 ; οἱ κ. οἱ ἐν τῷ Λυκείῳ
Pl. Euthd. 303b
, cf. SIG 969.10 (Piraeus,iv B.C.), al.; used as a flogging-post, S. Aj. 108 , Aeschin. 1.59 : prov.,ἔσθι' ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίοναςeat thepillarsof his hall, for, being a spendthrift, he had nothing else left to give, Ar. Nu. 815 .
2. of natural objects, [ Ἄτλας] ἔχει . . κίονας αὐτὸς μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσι
Od. 1.53
; [Ἄτλας] ἕστηκε κίον' (dual) οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς . . ἐρείδων
A. Pr. 351
;ὁ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ(of Mount Atlas) Hdt. 4.184 ;κίων οὐρανία, of Aetna, Pi. P. 1.19 ; forthe Pillarsof Hercules, v. Ἡράκλειος