pineus

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

pīnĕus, a, um, adj. [pinus],

I of the pine , piny , pine- : pinea velamina, pine-wreaths , Lucr. 4, 587: ardor, a fire of pine-wood , Verg. A. 11, 786: silva, id. ib. 9, 85: plaga pinea, a piny tract , id. ib. 11, 320: claustra, i. e. of the wooden horse before Troy , id. ib. 2, 258: fert avidas in pinea Turnus Texta faces, i. e. into the ships , Ov. M. 14, 530; so, pinea moles, a ship , Prop. 4 (5), 6, 20: compages, Mart. 9, 76, 4: nuclei, Cels. 6, 11; 2, 22: nuces, Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 35.—

II Subst.: pīnĕa , ae, f., a pine-nut , a pine-cone : pineam serere, Col. 5, 10; so id. 10, 239; Lampr. Commod. 9.—

2 pīnĕum , i, n. (late Lat.), a pine-cone; plur. , Vulg. 2 Par. 2, 8.

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