ὄνος, ὁ
and ἡ,
ass, once in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄνοι οἱ τὰ κέρεα ἔχοντες, together with a number of fabulous animals, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —frequently in proverbs:
1 ὄ. λύρας (i.e. ἀκούων), of one who can make nothing of music, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄ. κάθηται, of one who sits down when caught in the game of ὀστρακίνδα, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; the two proverbs combined by [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2 περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς for an
ass's shadow, i.e. for a trifle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3 ὄνου πόκαι or πόκες, see at πόκος [
Refs]; ὄνον κείρεις, of those who attempt the impossible, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4 ἀπ᾽ ὄνου καταπεσεῖν, of one who gets into a scrape by his own clumsiness. with a pun on ἀπὸ νοῦ πεσεῖν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5 ὄνος ὕεται
an ass in the rain, of being unmoved by what is said or done, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
6 ὄ. ἄγω μυστήρια, i.e my part is to carry burdens, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
7 ὄνων ὑβριστότερος, of wanton behaviour, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
8 ὦτ᾽ ὄνου λαβεῖν, like Midas, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
9 ὄ. εἰς ἄχυρα, of one who gets what he wants, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
10 ὄ. ἐν μελίσσαις, of one who has got into a scrape, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὄ. ἐν πιθήκοις, of extreme ugliness, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄ. ἐν μύρῳ 'a clown at a feast', [
Refs]
11 εἰς ὄνους ἀφ᾽ ἵππων, of one who has come down in the world, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II a fish of the cod family, especially the
hake, Merluccius vulgaris, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III wood-louse, κυλισθεὶς ὥς τις ὄ. ἰσόσπριος [
Refs 5th c.BC+], [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
IV wingless locust, =τρωξαλλίς, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
V ὄνων φάτνη a nebulous appearance between the ὄνοι (two stars in the breast of the Crab), [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
VI ὄνου πετάλειον, =φύλλον ὀνίτιδος, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
VII from
the ass as a beast of burden the name passed to:
VII.1 windlass, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VII.2 the upper millstone which turned round, ὄ. ἀλέτης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]see entry μύλη; perhaps simply,
millstone, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+] says that Aristotle also calls the
fixed nether millstone ὄνος (but [
Refs 4th c.BC+] when
the millstone is grinding stone, as it does when no grist is in the mill).
VII.3 beaker, winecup, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
VII.4 spindle or
distaff, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VII.5 perhaps
coping of a wall, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
VIII ass's load, as a measure, πυροῦ ὄ. τρεῖς [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
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