κ2279Κωνοφόροι
pinecone-bearing
[Meaning they who/which are] thyrsus-bearing. For "cone" is the cluster-like fruit of the pine, which women used to bring with them carrying [it] in the rituals for Dionysus, because the cone is similar in shape to the…
Κωνοφόροι· θυρσοφόροι. κῶνος δὲ λέγεται ὁ βοτρυοειδὴς τοῦ στροβίλου καρπός, ὃν ἔφερον αἱ γυναῖκες βαστάζουσαι ἐν ταῖς τοῦ Διονύσου τελεταῖς, ἐπειδὴ ὅμοιον τῷ σχήματι τὸν κῶνον τῇ…
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