A.“ἐκόνι_σα” Il. (v. infr.):—Med., Ph.2.173, fut. κονιοῦμαι v.l. in Ph. l. c. (as if from κονίζω, cf. Hsch. s.v. κονίζεσθαι): aor. “ἐκονι_σάμην” Ar.Ec.1177, Luc.Anach.31, etc.:—Pass., pf. “κεκόνι_μαι” Il.21.541, Hes.Op.481, Ar.Ec.291: plpf. “κεκόνι_το” Il.22.405 (in Mss. sts. incorrectly ἐκόνισσα, κεκόνισμαι, κεκόνιστο, Il.21.407, Theoc.1.30, AP9.128):—make dusty, cover with clouds of dust, εὐρὺ κονίσουσιν πεδίον, of persons in hasty flight, Il.14.145.
2. cover with dust, “ἐκόνισε δὲ χαίτας” 21.407:—Pass., κεκονιμένοι φεῦγον all dusty fled they, ib.541; “κεκόνιτο κάρη” 22.405; κεκονιμένος all dusty, i.e. in haste, Ar.Ec.291, cf. 1177, Luc.DDeor.24.1, Tim.45, etc.
3. Pass., to be sprinkled as with dust, “κισσὸς ἑλιχρύσῳ κεκονιμένος” Theoc. 1.30.
4. Med., roll in the dust, like birds, horses, etc., Arist.HA 633b4, 557a12 (leg. κονίωνται), Polem.Hist.59; but, of wrestlers, sprinkle themselves with dust, Diocl.Fr.141, Gal.6.162, Luc.Anach. l.c.: hence, prepare for combat, Ph.l.c., Eust.1113.63; “αὐτὸς ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ κονισάμενος” Max.Tyr.5.8.
