κονιορτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόνις (kónis, “dust”) +‎ ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “to raise”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.ni.or.tós/ → /ko.ni.orˈtos/ → /ko.ni.orˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.ni.or.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.ni.orˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.ni.orˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.ni.orˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.ni.orˈtos/

Noun

κονιορτός • (koniortós) m (genitive κονιορτοῦ); second declension

1. cloud of dust

   Synonyms: κονίσαλος (konísalos), φορυτός (phorutós), χοῦς (khoûs), ψαύριος (psaúrios)

   • c. 2nd century BCE, Sibylline Oracles, Book III, 800–802:

     καὶ κονιορτὸς ἀπ᾽ οὐρανόθεν προφέρηται πρὸς γαῖαν ἅπαν καί οἱ σέλας ἠελίοιο ἐκλείψει κατὰ μέσσον ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ

     kaì koniortòs ap᾽ ouranóthen prophérētai pròs gaîan hápan kaí hoi sélas ēelíoio ekleípsei katà mésson ap᾽ ouranoû

     and a cloud of dust will be cast from heaven over all the earth, and the light of the sun will be eclipsed in the middle of the sky

2. dirt, sweepings
3. dirty fellow

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κονιορτός; τοῦ κονιορτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κονιορτός ho koniortós	τὼ κονιορτώ tṑ koniortṓ	οἱ κονιορτοί hoi koniortoí
Genitive	τοῦ κονιορτοῦ toû koniortoû	τοῖν κονιορτοῖν toîn koniortoîn	τῶν κονιορτῶν tôn koniortôn
Dative	τῷ κονιορτῷ tôi koniortôi	τοῖν κονιορτοῖν toîn koniortoîn	τοῖς κονιορτοῖς toîs koniortoîs
Accusative	τὸν κονιορτόν tòn koniortón	τὼ κονιορτώ tṑ koniortṓ	τοὺς κονιορτούς toùs koniortoús
Vocative	κονιορτέ koniorté	κονιορτώ koniortṓ	κονιορτοί koniortoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κονιορτόω (koniortóō)
• κονιορτώδης (koniortṓdēs)

 

References

• “κονιορτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κονιορτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κονιορτός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN