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ὄνειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄνειος ὄνειᾱ ὄνειον

Structure: ὀνει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/nos

Sense

  1. of an ass, ass's

Examples

  • Ὁ δὲ Κλεομένησ ἐπιγνοὺσ τοὺσ Ἀχαιοὺσ συντιθεμένουσ τὰ πρὸσ τὸν Ἀντίγονον, ἀναζεύξασ ἀπὸ τοῦ Σικυῶνοσ κατεστρατοπέδευσε περὶ τὸν Ἰσθμόν, διαλαβὼν χάρακι καὶ τάφρῳ τὸν μεταξὺ τόπον τοῦ τ’ Ἀκροκορίνθου καὶ τῶν Ὀνείων καλουμένων ὀρῶν, πᾶσαν ἤδη βεβαίωσ περιειληφὼσ ταῖσ ἐλπίσι τὴν Πελοποννησίων ἀρχήν. (Polybius, Histories, book 2, chapter 52 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. of an ass

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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