κονί-α,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect κονίη, ἡ, (κόνις):
__1 dust, ποδῶν ὑπένερθε κ. ἵστατ᾽ ἀειρομένη [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.150; ὑπὸ δέ σφισιν ὦρτο κ. 11.151: in _plural_, κὰδ δ᾽ ἔπεσ᾽ ἐν κονίῃσι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.98; ἐν κονίῃσι πεσών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.315, etc.; πρηνέες ἐν κονίῃσιν 2.418, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 365; μιάνθησαν δὲ ἔθειραι αἵματι καὶ κονίῃσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.796: also Trag. in Lyric poetry, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 64, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 112, “Supp.” 821. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 sand, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.271. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 ashes, in plural, κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζετ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.153, compare 160: _sing._, κ. δρυΐνη “Geoponica” 13.4.2. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II pearl-ash, lye, soap-powder, λούειν ἄνευ κονίας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 470 (with a play on ἀκονιτί),compare “Ach.” 18, “Ra.” 711, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 430b: _plural_, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.10.4 (nisi to be read κονιάσεις). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 alkaline fluid used for washing, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.35, +others; κ. στακτή [prev. author] 13.569. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]