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κονίσα^λος [ι_], in later Mss. sts. wrongly κονίσσαλος, ὁ, （κόνις)
A.cloud of dust, “ὣς ἄρα τῶν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ κ. ὄρνυτ᾽ ἀελλής” Il.3.13; “λευκοὶ ὕπερθε γένοντο κονισάλῳ” 5.503, cf. 22.401.
II. the mixed dust, oil and sweat on wrestlers, Gal.12.283.
III. a demon of the same class as Priapus, Ar.Lys.982 (ubi v. Sch.), Pl.Com.174.13, cf. Str.13.1.12, SIG1027.10 (Cos).
2. lascivious dance, Hsch.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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