κόνις

See also: κονίς

Ancient Greek

From an o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”). Cognate with Latin cinis (“cold ashes”), Tocharian B kentse (“dust, rust”),^[1] and Sanskrit कण (káṇa).

κόνῐς • (kónĭs) f (genitive κόνεως or κόνῐος or κόνεος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ κόνῐς; τῆς κόνῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κόνῐς hē kónĭs	τὼ κόνῐε tṑ kónĭe	αἱ κόνῐες hai kónĭes
Genitive	τῆς κόνῐος tês kónĭos	τοῖν κονῐ́οιν toîn konĭ́oin	τῶν κονῐ́ων tôn konĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ κόνῑ tēî kónī	τοῖν κονῐ́οιν toîn konĭ́oin	ταῖς κόνῐσῐ / κόνῐσῐν taîs kónĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κόνῐν tḕn kónĭn	τὼ κόνῐε tṑ kónĭe	τᾱ̀ς κόνῑς / κόνῐᾰς tā̀s kónīs / kónĭăs
Vocative	κόνῐ kónĭ	κόνῐε kónĭe	κόνῐες kónĭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ κόνῐς; τῆς κόνεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κόνῐς hē kónĭs	τὼ κόνει tṑ kónei	αἱ κόνεις hai kóneis
Genitive	τῆς κόνεως / κόνεος tês kóneōs / kóneos	τοῖν κονέοιν toîn konéoin	τῶν κόνεων tôn kóneōn
Dative	τῇ κόνει tēî kónei	τοῖν κονέοιν toîn konéoin	ταῖς κόνεσῐ / κόνεσῐν taîs kónesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κόνῐν tḕn kónĭn	τὼ κόνει tṑ kónei	τᾱ̀ς κόνεις tā̀s kóneis
Vocative	κόνῐ kónĭ	κόνει kónei	κόνεις kóneis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόνις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 746-7

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“κόνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“κόνις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κόνις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κόνις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“κόνις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dust idem, page 256.
- grit idem, page 374.
- powder idem, page 630.
- sand idem, page 733.