make dusty, cover with clouds of dust
κονίω [ῑ],fut. κονίσω [ῑ]:aor.
A.
ἐκόνῑσα
Il.
(v. infr.):— Med. , Ph. 2.173 ,fut. κονιοῦμαι v.l. in
Ph. l. c. (as if fromκονίζω, cf. Hsch.
s.v. κονίζεσθαι ):aor.
ἐκονῑσάμην
Ar. Ec. 1177
, Luc. Anach. 31 , etc.:— Pass. ,pf.
κεκόνῑμαι
Il. 21.541
, Hes. Op. 481 , Ar. Ec. 291 :plpf.
κεκόνῑτο
Il. 22.405
(in Mss. sts. incorrectlyἐκόνισσα, κεκόνισμαι, κεκόνιστο, Il. 21.407 , Theoc. 1.30 , AP 9.128 ):—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 dustyfled 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,likebirds, 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
.
II. intr.,κονίοντες πεδίοιο galloping o'er the dustyplain, in Il. always of horses, 13.820 , 23.372 , 449 ; of men racing, Od. 8.122 ; of an advancing army, A. Th. 60 , cf. Pers. 163 (troch.).
