κόνις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=κόνιος, Att. κόνεως or κόνεος E.Cyc.641, ἡ: dat. κόνι contr. fr. κόνιι, Il. 24.18, Od.11.191, Att. [[κόνει]]:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dust]], κόνιος [[δεδραγμένος]] Il.13.393; as an [[emblem]] of a [[countless]] [[multitude]], εἴ μοι τόσα δοίη ὅσα [[ψάμαθός]] τε κόνις τε = even if he gave [[gift]]s as many as [[sand]] and [[dust]] 9.385; κ. δέ σφ' ἀμφιδεδήει Hes.Sc.62; κόνιν, ἄναυδον ἄγγελον στρατοῦ A.Supp.180; αἷμα κ. πίνει, ἀνασπᾷ, Id.Th.736 (lyr.), Eu.647; κ. διψία S.Ant.247,429; of the grave, κ. κατακρύπτει χάριν Pi.O.8.79, cf. S.OC406, El.435, etc.; κόνει [[φύρειν]] [[κάρα]], in [[sign]] of [[mourning]], E.Hec.496; ἡ [[ἐπίχρυσος]] [[κόνις]] = [[gold]] [[dust]], Poll.7.97.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ashes]], [[ἐν κόνι ἄγχι πυρός]] = [[in the ashes by the fire]] Od.l.c.; κόνιν αἰθαλόεσσαν χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆς Il.18.23, cf. Theoc.24.93.<br><span class="bld">II</span> the dust of the [[κονίστρα]], Arist. IA709a14, Luc.Anach.29, Ath.12.518d: metaph., of [[toil]], [[πάντα]] [[ἡμῖν]] μία [[κόνις]] dub. in Luc.DMort.1.3: in Plu.2.697a κόνιν ([[lye]]) is prob. an error for κονίαν.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[κονία]] III, Jul.Ep.80. [κόνῐν Il.18.23; κόνῐ (shortd. fr. κόνῑ before a vowel) 24.18, Od.l.c.; κονῑς, κονῑν, A.Pr. 1084 (anap.), Supp.180, 783 (lyr.): ῐ in gen., v. supr.] (Cf. Lat. [[cinis]].)