κῶνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”).

Noun

κῶνος • (kônos) f

1. pine cone
2. pine tree
3. cone or peak of a helmet
4. (geometry) cone

Descendants

• Greek: κώνος (kónos)
• Latin: cōnus
• Old Armenian: կոն (kon), կովն (kovn), կոնոս (konos), կոնոն (konon)
  • Armenian: կոն (kon)

References

• “κῶνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κῶνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κῶνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette