πίνη [ῑ]( Antiph. 194.15 ) andπῖνα,ἡ,
A. pinna, a long-shaped bivalve, with a silky beard or byssus, of which several species inhabit the Mediterranean, freq. mentioned as a delicacy in Com. Poets, e. g. Cratin. 8 , Philyll. 13 , cf. Arist. HA 528a24 , 547b15 , Isid.Char. 20 , Opp. H. 2.187 , Artem. 2.14 .
II. pearl, acc. pl. πίνας
UPZ 121.9
(ii B. C.); πείνας
POxy. 1273.10
(iii A. D.), cf.ἀληθινόπινος, πινώτιον, πινάριον.—Written with oneν,UPZl.c.,POxy.l.c., and sts. in codd., cf. Cic. Fin. 3.63 , ND 2.123 , Plin. HN 9.115 , 142 ;πῖναHdn.Gr. 2.570 , Hsch. , Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.250 ; the spellingπινν- in this word and its derivatives is freq. in codd., but is not found in Inscrr. or Papyri.