κονιορτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ([[κόνις]], [[ὄρνυμι]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dust raised up]] or [[dust stirred up]], [[cloud of dust]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.65</span>; ὁ κ. δῆλος αὐτῶν ὡς ὁμοῦ προσκειμένων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>245</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.44</span>; <b class="b3">κονιορτός τῆς ὕλης νεωστὶ κεκαυμένης</b>, i.e. a [[cloud]] of [[wood]]-[[ash]]es, ib.<span class="bibl">34</span>; κ. καὶ ζάλη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>496d</span>: in plural, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.147</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[dirt]], [[sweepings]], <b class="b3">σαρώματα… σὺν τῷ κ</b>. Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>198.16 (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[dirty fellow]], χαίρει τις αὐχμῶν ἢ ῥυπῶν, κ. ἀναπέφηνεν <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.34.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Aristopho 10.8</span>; Εὐκτήμων ὁ κονιορτός <span class="bibl">D. 21.103</span>.</span>