πίων [ῑ], ὁ, ἡ,
neuter πῖον, genitive πίονος (irregular feminine πίειρα, which see), fat, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus of beasts, πίονος αἰγός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.207; ὗν.. μάλα πίονα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.419; π. μῆλα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.319, etc.; μῆλα πίονα δημῷ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.464; βοῦν πίονα δημῷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.750, compare 2.403; πίονα μηρία καῖε βοός 11.773 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῶτα βοὸς π. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.65 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δημός rich fat, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.501 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔγκατα πίονι (perhaps πίονα) δημῷ [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 538 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of oil, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.94; λύχνου π. ἔαρ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 201; ὀπώρας ποτός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 703; πλακοῦς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1190; νεφροί 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 672a35; πίονα μαζὸν αἰγός 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 48; π. καὶ μαλακῷ.. διανήματι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 309b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of men, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1092 (_anapaest meter_), “Pl.” 560 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 422b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, of soil, rich, ἀγρός, δῆμος, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.832, 16.437, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πίονα ἔργα rich crops,[[ 12.283; τέμενος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.56. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]