Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Conus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CO'NUS (κῶνος). Generally, anything of a conical figure; whence, in a more special sense: —

1. The metallic ridge on the scull piece of a helmet, to which the crest was affixed (Plin. H. N. x. 1. Virg. Aen. iii. 468.); for which the genuine Latin word is APEX; which see.

2. A particular kind of sun dial; from its designation, supposed to have been described upon an elevation of conical form. Vitruv. ix. 8. 1.