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κονιορτός

κονιορτός, dust stirred up, a cloud of dust

κονῐορτ-ός, ὁ, (κόνις, ὄρνυμι)
  • dust raised or stirred up, cloud of dust, Hdt. 8.65; ὁ κ. δῆλος αὐτῶν ὡς ὁμοῦ προσκειμένων Ar. Eq. 245, cf. Th. 4.44; κ. τῆς ὕλης νεωστὶ κεκαυμένης, i.e. a cloud of woodashes, ib. 34; κ. καὶ ζάλη Pl. R. 496d: in pl., Diocl. Fr. 147.
      • 2 generally, dirt, sweepings, σαρώματα . . σὺν τῷ κ. Wilcken Chr. 198.16 (iii B.C.).
    • II metaph., dirty fellow, χαίρει τις αὐχμῶν ἢ ῥυπῶν, κ. ἀναπέφηνεν Anaxandr. 34.6, cf. Aristopho 10.8; Εὐκτήμων ὁ κ. D. 21.103.

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