πεύκη

A. pine, esp. Pinus Laricio, Corsican pine, Il. 11.494, 23.328, E. Med. 4, Ar. Eq. 1310, Dsc. 1.69, etc.: distd. fr. πίτυς (q.v.), Thphr. HP 3.9.5; of other species, π. ἥμερος stone pine, Pinus Pinea, ib.3. 9.4; π. παραλία Aleppo pine, P. halepensis, ib.3.9.1; πεύκης τρόπον, prov. of utter destruction, Zen. 5.76; cf. πίτυς.

II. anything made from the wood of the πεύκη, torch of pine-wood, A. Ag. 288 (dub.), S. OT 214(lyr.), E. Ion 716(lyr.), etc.; κάμακες πεύκης οἱ πυρίφλεκτοι A. Fr. 171.

2. wooden writing-tablet, E. IA 39 (anap.), Hipp. 1254. (Cf. OPruss. peuse, Lith. pušìs, OHG. fiuhta 'pine'; perh. orig. 'needle-tree', cf. ἐχεπευκής, περιπευκής.)