Κονιόπους
dust-foot, sandal
Translated by Nick Nicholas24 Jan 2009Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
A shoe with many parts, which does not cover the entire foot, but is spattered by the dust all over. And the dust [comes] from heaping.1
Or [sc. so called] from the [verb]kai/nw ["I slay"), [meaning] I cut; cut-up earth.
It is also written as konipoda, namely a narrow sandal, so narrow that the foot was covered with dust.
Or [sc. so called] from the [verb]
It is also written as konipoda, namely a narrow sandal, so narrow that the foot was covered with dust.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κονιόπους· πολυσχιδὲς ὑπόδημα, τὸ μὴ σκεπάζον ὅλον τὸν πόδα, ἀλλὰ καταπασσόμενον ὑπὸ τῆς κόνεως. ἡ δὲ κόνις ἀπὸ τῆς χύσεως. ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ καίνω, τὸ κόπτω· ἡ διακεκομμένη γῆ. γράφεται δὲ καὶ κονίποδα, τουτέστι στενὸν σανδάλιον, οὗ διὰ τὴν στενότητα ὁ ποῦς ἐκονιορτοῦτο.