The corpus record

ὑποκον-ίω

upokonio

put dust to the roots

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What it meant

ὑποκον-ίω · hypokon-iō — LSJ

put dust to the roots, by digging

put dust to the roots, esp. by digging (cf. ὑποσκάπτω), Thphr. HP 2.7.5.

II sprinkle oneself with dust

Med., of wrestlers, sprinkle oneself with dust, in preparation for the contest, τὼ χεῖρε ὑποκονίεται Com.Adesp. 401: metaph., Plu. QConv. 2.614d.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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