πρίων, ὁ,
genitive
__A πρίονος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 699 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—saw, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.313.129, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 699, “fragment” 797, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 437 (_plural_), LXX.Amos.1.3, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.654f] LXX+5th c.BC+]; π. ὀδοντωτός, opposed to π. μαχαιρωτός (toothless saw for cutting stone), [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).331] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὀδόντων π. saw of teeth, i.e. jagged row, [[ Anthologia Graeca 7.401 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.BC+]: absolutely, serrated ridge of hills, Spanish sierra, [[ LXX.Jdt.3.9 ] LXX]; ὁ καλούμενος II. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.15.6, compare 1.85.7; λόφοι πάντοθεν ὀξεῖς οἷα πρίονες 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰλλυρική” 25, compare 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.4. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__A.2 Saw, nickname of a timber-merchant, [[ “Comica Adespota” 823. ] Refs]
__A.3 cylindrical saw, trephine, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 21. (Oxyt. _accusative_ to 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., thus differing from _participle_ πρίων, but _paroxytone_ _accusative_ to Hdn.Gr. 1.20.)] Refs 5th c.BC+] [ῑ Trag. and Comedy texts, also [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 5.199 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ῐ in later Poets, dative plural πρῐόνεσσι [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 52, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.204 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).] ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]