πρίνινος

A. made from the πρῖνος, γύης Hes. Op. 429; ἄνθρακες Ar. Ach. 668; αἱ πρίνιναι (sc. βάλανοι) Dsc. 1.106.2; π. ὕλη Orib. 49.3.1; μύκητες π. fungi that grow under the ilex, Antiph. 227.11, cf. An.Ox. 3.231.

2. metaph., oaken, i.e. tough, sturdy, γέροντες Ar. Ach. 180; τὸ λίαν στρυφνὸν καὶ π. ἦθος Id. V. 877; ἀθληταί Luc. Hist.Conscr. 8, cf. AP 7.37 (Diosc.) (rejected by Hom. in favour of φήγινος for reasons of euphony, acc. to Phld. Po. 2.9).