κίων [ῑ], ονος,
[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (not in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”)] Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly ; ὁ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.66, 473, 19.38, compare 8th c.BC(?): Eumelus Epicus 11, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 105, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.184, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ [[ [prev. author] 1.92, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.19, “IG” 9(2).258.12 (Cierium, 2nd c.BC), +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—pillar, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”] Refs 8th c.BC+] of roof-pillars, [[ 19.38, +others,compare “hymnus ad Apollinem” 8; οἱ κ. οἱ ἐν τῷ Λυκείῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 303b, compare “SIG” 969.10 (Piraeus, 4th c.BC), +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; used as a flogging-post, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 108, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.59: proverbial, ἔσθι᾽ ἐλθὼν τοὺς Μεγακλέους κίονας] Refs 5th c.BC+] eat the pillars of his hall, for, being a spendthrift, he had nothing else left to give, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 815. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of natural objects, [Ἄτλας] ἔχει.. κίονας αὐτὸς μακράς, αἳ γαῖάν τε καὶ οὐρανὸν ἀμφὶς ἔχουσι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.53 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; [Ἄτλας] ἕστηκε κίον᾽ (dual) οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸς.. ἐρείδων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 351 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ κ. τοῦ οὐρανοῦ (of Mount Atlas) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.184 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κίων οὐρανία, of Aetna, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; for the Pillars of Hercules, see at {Ἡράκλειος} [[ 1. ] Refs]
__II columnar gravestone, [[ Anthologia Graeca 7.163 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus): distinguished from στήλη, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.38 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τετράπλευρος an obelisk, [[ “epigram Gr.” 1061 (from Constantinople)] Refs]; any column bearing an inscription, ἀγγράψαι ἐγ κίονα λιθίναν [[ “IG” [prev. cited] (compare p.xii); ἔσται ἡ στήλη ἐπὶ τοῦ κείονος [prev. work]22.1368.29 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]