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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

  • καί που καὶ ἐσθὴσ καταρρήγνυται καὶ κόνισ ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ πάσσεται, καὶ οἱ ζῶντεσ οἰκτρότεροι τοῦ νεκροῦ· (Lucian, (no name) 12:2)
  • "τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν καθαγισμῶν καὶ αὐτοὶ ὁρᾶτε, οἶμαι, ὡσ τὸ μὲν νοστιμώτατον τῶν παρεσκευασμένων ὁ καπνὸσ παραλαβὼν ἄνω εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν οἴχεται μηδέν τι ἡμᾶσ ὀνῆσαν τοὺσ κάτω, τὸ δὲ καταλειπόμενον, ἡ κόνισ, ἀχρεῖον, ἐκτὸσ εἰ μὴ τὴν σποδὸν ἡμᾶσ σιτεῖσθαι πεπιστεύκατε. (Lucian, (no name) 16:21)
  • χθόνα δ’ ἔκτυπον ὠκέεσ ἵπποι νύσσοντεσ χηλῇσι, κόνισ δέ σφ’ ἀμφιδεδήει κοπτομένη πλεκτοῖσιν ὑφ’ ἁρ́μασι καὶ ποσὶν ἵππων. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 4:3)
  • ἣ δ’ ἄπλητον σεσαρυῖα εἱστήκει, πολλὴ δὲ κόνισ κατενήνοθεν ὤμουσ, δάκρυσι μυδαλέη. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:13)
  • λέγε οὖν τὸν λόγον ἐξ ἀρχῆσ καθ’ ὅ τι τοὺσ νέουσ παραλαβόντεσ ἐκ παίδων εὐθὺσ διαπονεῖτε, καὶ ὅπωσ ὑμῖν ἄριστοι ἄνδρεσ ἀποβαίνουσιν ἐκ τοῦ πηλοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀσκημάτων τούτων, καί τί ἡ κόνισ καὶ τὰ κυβιστήματα συντελεῖ πρὸσ ἀρετὴν αὐτοῖσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 18:5)

Synonyms

  1. dust

  2. the multitude

  3. ashes

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