conus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cōnus, i, m., = κῶνος, a cone.

I In gen., Lucr. 4, 430 and 432; Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; 2, 18, 47 al.—

II Esp., of conical bodies,

A The apex of a helmet , Verg. A. 3, 468; Ov. M. 3, 108; Plin. 10, 1, 1, § 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 14, 2.—

B The cone of the cypress , Col. 6, 7, 2.—

C A kind of sundial , Vitr. 9, 8, 1.

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