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κόνις , ιος, Att. εως or εος E.Cyc.641, ἡ: dat. κόνι contr. fr. κόνιι, Il. 24.18, Od.11.191, Att. κόνει:—
A.dust, “κόνιος δεδραγμένος” Il.13.393; as an emblem of a countless multitude, “εἴ μοι τόσα δοίη ὅσα ψάμαθός τε κ. τε” 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 κ. gold dust, Poll.7.97.
2. ashes, ἐν κόνι ἄγχι πυρός Od.l.c.; “κόνιν αἰθαλόεσσαν χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆς” Il.18.23, cf. Theoc.24.93.
II. the dust of the κονίστρα, Arist. IA709a14, Luc.Anach.29, Ath.12.518d: metaph., of toil, πάντα ἡμῖν μία κ. dub. in Luc.DMort.1.3: in Plu.2.697a κόνιν (lye) is prob. an error for κονίαν.
III. = κονία 111, Jul.Ep.80. [“κόνι^ν” Il.18.23; κόνι^ (shortd. fr. κόνι_ before a vowel) 24.18, Od.l.c.; κονι_ς, κονι_ν, A.Pr. 1084 (anap.), Supp.180, 783 (lyr.): ι^ in gen., v. supr.] (Cf. Lat. cinis.）
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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