κονίασις
From LSJ
ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων → as different as chalk from cheese, different as chalk from cheese, apples and oranges, like apples and oranges, by as much as cardamom is different from figs
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A plastering with stucco, whitening, IG11(4).1246 (Delos, iii/ii B.C.), 7.2712.35 (Acraeph.), 42(1).102.39, al. (Epid.), 22.1672.203, Gp.2.27.5, cj. in Thphr.HP4.10.4 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1481] ἡ, das Anstreichen, Ueberziehen mit Kalktünche, Sp.; auch das Ueberziehen mit einer anderen Masse, z. B. Pech.
