πυρήν

A. stone of stone-fruit, as of the olive, Hdt. 2.92, Thphr. CP 5.18.4, etc.; of the pomegranate, Hp. Aff. 54, Thphr. HP 1.11.6; of the medlar, ib.3.12.5; of the date, Arist. Mete. 342a10, Thphr. CP 1.19.2 (where ἐλάας is prob. cj. for ἰτέας); of the elder, Hp. Mul. 2.133; of the myrtle and grape, Arist. Pr. 925b26; of the wild cherry, Hdt. 4.23.

2. an edible nut, the kernel of κῶνος 1.2, Mnesith. ap. Ath. 2.57b, IG 22.1013.21.

II. hard bone of fishes, implied by ἀπύρηνος Archestr. Fr. 8.9.

III. grain of frankincense, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.134.

b. an unknown aromatic, PMag.Par. 1.2874, al.

c. = ὀξυάκανθα, Dsc. 1.93.

IV. round head of a probe, Gal. UP 15.7.

2. = ὀδούς 111, Id. 2.462.

V. name of a gem, Plin. HN 37.188; as a votive offering, IG 7.3498.17 (Oropus).

VI. growth under the chin of an animal, Str. 4.6.10. (Sts. misspelt πυρρ‐ in codd.; the quantity of υ is inferred from ἀπυρηνος Archestr.l.c. and Lat. apȳr[icaron]nus.)