πηνίον

A. to/, Dim. (in form) of πῆνος or πήνη, bobbin, spool (ἄτρακτος, εἰς ὃν εἰλεῖται ἡ κρόκη Hsch.), π. ἐξέλκουσα παρὲκ μίτον Il. 23.762 : pl., τὰ τροχαῖα πανία AP 6.288 (Leon.), cf. Thphr. HP 6.4.5, AP 6.285 (Nicarch.(?)); prob. in POxy. 1740.6 (iii/iv A. D.).

2. quill, IG 22.1522.22.

II. a kind of pupa, perh. of currant-moth, Abraxas grossulariata, Ar. Fr. 377, Arist. HA 551b6.

III. ornament put on cakes, Poll. 6.79, Hsch.