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)