pinus

pīnus, ūs and i (dat. pinu, Prop. 3, 19, 19; abl. sing. only pinu; gen. and abl. plur. pinorum and pinis), f., = pitus.

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.