G8062 — κονία

1. dust, a cloud of dust , stirred up by men's feet, (Iliad by Homer); also in plural, like Lat. arenae, (Homer), etc. 2. sand or soil (see. ὑπερέπτω); (Iliad by Homer) 3. ashes , in plural like Lat. cineres, (Odyssey by Homer) 4. a fine powder , sprinkled over wrestlers' bodies after being oiled, to make them more easily grasped by the opponent:—;this powder was also used in the bath, (Aristophanes Comicus) ι- in κονίῃσιν, in other cases ι- usually. (ML)