πρίων

A. πρίονος S. Tr. 699:—saw, IG 12.313.129, S. Tr. 699, Fr. 797, Cratin. 437 (pl.), LXX Am. 1.3, Plu. 2.654f; π. ὀδοντωτός, opp. π. μαχαιρωτός (toothless saw for cutting stone), Gal. 18(2).331; ὀδόντων π. saw of teeth, i.e. jagged row, AP 7.401 (Crin.): abs., serrated ridge of hills, Spanish sierra, LXX Ju. 3.9; ὁ καλούμενος II. Plb. 7.15.6, cf. 1.85.7; λόφοι πάντοθεν ὀξεῖς οἷα πρίονες App. Ill. 25, cf. Str. 14.1.4.

2. Saw, nickname of a timber-merchant, Com.Adesp. 823.

3. cylindrical saw, trephine, Hp. VC 21. (Oxyt. acc. to Phot., thus differing from part. πρίων, but parox. acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.20.) [ι Trag. and Com., also Opp. H. 5.199; ι in later Poets, dat. pl. πριόνεσσι Nic. Th. 52, cf. AP 6.204 (Leon.).]