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κονίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κονίς κονίδος

Structure: κονιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: i in Hom., i_ attic

Sense

  1. dust
  2. (figuratively) the multitude
  3. ashes
  4. the powder sprinkled upon wrestlers

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πόθεν δ’ ὅτι ὁ μὲν ἄρρην ἵπποσ ζῇ ἔτη πέντε καὶ τριάκοντα, ἡ δὲ θήλεια πλείω τῶν τεσσαράκοντα, βιῶσαι φήσασ τινὰ καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε, ἱστορεῖ δ’ ὅτι καὶ ἐκ τῆσ τῶν φθειρῶν ὀχείασ αἱ κόνιδεσ γεννῶνται καὶ ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σκώληκοσ μεταβάλλοντοσ γίνεται κάμπη ἐξ ἧσ βομβυλιόσ, ἀφ’ οὗ ὁ νεκύδαλλοσ ὀνομαζόμενοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 47 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. dust

  2. the multitude

  3. ashes

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