πην-ίον, Dor.
πᾱνίον,
A. to/, Dim. (in form) ofπῆνοςorπήνη,bobbin, spool( ἄτρακτος, εἰς ὃν εἰλεῖται ἡ κρόκη
Hsch.
), π. ἐξέλκουσα παρὲκ μίτον
Il. 23.762
: pl., τὰ τροχαῖα πανία
AP 6.288
( Leon. ), cf. Thphr. HP 6.4.5 , AP 6.285 ( Nicarch. (?)); prob. in POxy. 1740.6
(iii/iv A. D.).
2. quill,
IG 22.1522.22 .
II. a kind ofpupa, perh. ofcurrant-moth, Abraxas grossulariata, Ar. Fr. 377 , Arist. HA 551b6 .
III. ornament put on cakes, Poll. 6.79 , Hsch.