κῶνος,ου,
1. masc., the fruit of theπεύκη,pine-cone, = στρόβιλος , Ps.- Hdt. Vit.Hom. 20 , Thphr. HP 3.9.5 , Theoc. 5.49 , Dsc. 1.69 , etc.; used in Orphic rites, Orph. Fr. 31.29 .
2. edible seedof theπίτυς, Mnesith. ap. Ath. 2.57b ;πιτύϊνοι κ.Alex.Mynd.ibid., cf. IG 22.1013.19 , OGI 629.163 (Palmyra,ii A.D.).
3. fem.,pine tree, Pl. Epigr. 25 (prob.), Plu. 2.640c .
II. fromlikeness of shape,
1. cone, Democr. 155 , Arist. Mete. 362b2 , etc.;γραμμαὶ κατὰ κῶνον ἐκπίπτουσαιso as to forma cone, ib. 375b22 , cf. 345b6 ;ὀρθογωνίου, ὀξυγωνίου, ἀμβλυγωνίου κώνου τομά, names forparabola, ellipse, andhyperbola, Archim. Con.Sph.Praef.
b. ὁ κ. τῆς γῆς conical shadowof 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
.