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κονία

κονία, dust, a cloud of dust

κονί-α, Ion. and Ep. κονίη, ἡ, (κόνις):
      • 1 dust, ποδῶν ὑπένερθε κ. ἵστατʼ ἀειρομένη Il. 2.150; ὑπὸ δέ σφισιν ὦρτο κ. 11.151: in pl., κὰδ δʼ ἔπεσʼ ἐν κονίῃσι Od. 18.98; ἐν κονίῃσι πεσών Il. 17.315, etc.; πρηνέες ἐν κονίῃσιν 2.418, cf. Hes. Sc. 365; μιάνθησαν δὲ ἔθειραι αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσι Il. 16.796: also Trag. in lyr., A. Ag. 64, E. Andr. 112, Supp. 821.
      • 2 sand, Il. 21.271.
      • 3 ashes, in pl., κατʼ ἄρʼ ἕζετʼ ἐπʼ ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσι Od. 7.153, cf. 160: sg., κ. δρυΐνη Gp. 13.4.2.
    • II pearl-ash, lye, soap-powder, λούειν ἄνευ κονίας Ar. Lys. 470 (with a play on ἀκονιτί), cf. Ach. 18, Ra. 711, Pl. R. 430b: pl., Thphr. HP 4.10.4 (nisi leg. κονιάσεις).
      • 2 alkaline fluid used for washing, Gal. 12.35, al.; κ. στακτή Id. 13.569.
        • b κ. ἀπὸ τῆς ἱερᾶς σποδοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ὕδατος, as a medicine, SIG 1171.12 (Lebena).
    • III = τίτανος, Erot. s.h.v.; κ. ἄσβεστος quicklime, Heraclid.Tarent. ap. Gal. 12.958; κ. μέλαινα IG 2(2).1672.197.
      • 2 plaster, stucco, ib. 42(1).103.278 (Epid.), POxy. 1450.4 (iii A.D.), Eust. 382.36. [Hom. uses ῐ in the quadrisyll. case κονίῃσι, ῑ in the trisyll.: Trag. and Com. ῐ in lyr. (dact. and anap.), A. Ag. 64, E. Andr. 112, Ar. Ra. 711; ῑ in iamb., Id. Ach. 18, Lys. 470.]

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