pīnus, ūs and i (dat. pinu, Prop. 3, 19, 19; abl. sing. only pinu; gen. and abl. plur. pinorum and pinis), f., = πίτυς.
I Lit., a pine , pine-tree; a fir , fir-tree : Pinus silvestris, Linn.; Plin. 16, 20, 33, § 79; 16, 25, 40, § 95: ex altā pinu, Verg. G. 2, 389: pinos loquentes, id. E. 8, 22: evertunt actas ad sidera pinus, id. A. 11, 136: Idaeae sacro de vertice pinus, id. ib. 10, 230: gummi in cerasis, resina pinis, Plin. 37, 3, 11, § 42.— The pine was sacred to Cybele, Ov. M. 10, 103; Macr. S. 6, 9; Phaedr. 3, 17, 4; to Diana, Hor. C. 3, 22, 1; Prop. 2, 15, 17 (3, 12, 19); Pan was represented with a pinewreath, Ov. M. 14, 638; Sil. 13, 331; so, too, Faunus, Ov. H. 5, 137. The victors at the Isthmian games were also crowned with a pine-wreath, Plin. 15, 10, 9, § 36.—Acc. to the fable, Pitys, i. e. pinus, was beloved by Pan; hence, pinus amica Arcadio deo, Prop. 1, 18, 29 (20).—
B The stone-pine , which bears an edible fruit, Plin. 16, 10, 16, § 38.—
II Transf., any thing made of pine-wood or pine-trees.
1 A ship : quos Mincius infestā ducebat in aequora pinu, Verg. A. 10, 206; Hor. Epod. 16, 57: quamvis Pontica pinus Silvae filia nobilis, id. C. 1, 14, 11: orbata praeside pinus, Ov. M. 14, 88.—
2 A pine torch : atque manum pinu flagranti fervidus implet, Verg. A. 9, 72.—
3 A lance , spear , Stat. Th. 8, 539.—
4 An oar , Luc. 3, 531.—
5 A wreath of pineleaves , Ov. M. 14, 638; id. F. 1, 412; Sil. 13, 331.—
6 A pine forest : Gallinaria pinus, Juv. 3, 307.