Strong G3688ὄνος

ὄνος, ὁ
and ἡ, ass, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.558; then in “IG” 12.40.12, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.135, etc., compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 580b3)]; ὄνοι οἱ τὰ κέρεα ἔχοντες, together with a number of fabulous animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.191, 192; ὄ. μονοκέρατος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 499b19, “PA” 663a23, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 3.41:)] —frequently in proverbs:
1 ὄ. λύρας (i.e. ἀκούων), of one who can make nothing of music, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 527, [prev. author] “Mis.” 18, cf. Varroap. 2nd c.AD: Gellius, Aulus Grammaticus Latinus 3.16.13, 4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 7.33; explained in 15th c.AD: Apostolius Paroemiographus 12.91a, ὄ. λύρας ἤκουε καὶ σάλπιγγος ὗς)]; ὄ. κάθηται, of one who sits down when caught in the game of ὀστρακίνδα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.106, 112)]; the two proverbs combined by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 229 ὄνοι δ᾽ ἀπωτέρω κάθηνται τῆς λύρας, compare κιθαρίζω.)]
2 περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς for an ass's shadow, i.e. for a trifle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 191 (see. Scholia), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260c; ταῦτα πάντ᾽ ὄνου σκιά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 331.)]
3 ὄνου πόκαι or πόκες, see at {πόκος} [Refs (11)]; ὄνον κείρεις, of those who attempt the impossible, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 5.38.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1273, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 701d.)]
5 ὄνος ὕεται an ass in the rain, of being unmoved by what is said or done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 52, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Cephisodorus Comicus 1; ὄνῳ τις ἔλεγε μῦθον, ὁ δὲ τὰ ὦτα ἐκίνει 4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 7.30; ὄ. εἰς Ἀθήνας 15th c.AD: Macarius Paroemiographus “Prov.” 6.31.)]
6 ὄ. ἄγω μυστήρια, i.e my part is to carry burdens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 159.)]
7 ὄνων ὑβριστότερος, of wanton behaviour, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.3; κριθώσης ὄνου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 876.)]
8 ὦτ᾽ ὄνου λαβεῖν, like Midas, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 287.)]
9 ὄ. εἰς ἄχυρα, of one who gets what he wants, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 6.91; ὄνου γνάθος, of a glutton, [prev. work] 100.)]
10 ὄ. ἐν μελίσσαις, of one who has got into a scrape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 36)]; but ὄ. ἐν πιθήκοις, of extreme ugliness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 402.8)]; ὄ. ἐν μύρῳ 'a clown at a feast', [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus)]
11 εἰς ὄνους ἀφ᾽ ἵππων, of one who has come down in the world, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 34.2, compare 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 2.33, etc.)]
II a fish of the cod family, especially the hake, Merluccius vulgaris, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 67, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 599b33, “fragment” 326, 4th c.AD: Heniochus Comicus 3.3, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 1.151, etc.)]
III wood-louse, κυλισθεὶς ὥς τις ὄ. ἰσόσπριος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 363, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 557a23 (variant{ὀνίοις}), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.3.6)], [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {σηνίκη};compare ὀνίσκος 11, ἴουλος IV.)]
IV wingless locust, ={τρωξαλλίς}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.52.)]
V ὄνων φάτνη a nebulous appearance between the ὄνοι (two stars in the breast of the Crab), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.21, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 898, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 23 (ἡ τοῦ ὄνου φάτνη [prev. work] 43, 51), 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 23.)]
VI ὄνου πετάλειον, ={φύλλον ὀνίτιδος}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 628.)]
VII from the ass as a beast of burden the name passed to:
VII.1 windlass, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.36, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 31, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 853b12.)]
VII.2 the upper millstone which turned round, ὄ. ἀλέτης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.5.5; also ὄ. ἀλετών 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 13, 204, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]see entry {μύλη}; perhaps simply, millstone, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.83: 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)] says that Aristotle also calls the fixed nether millstone ὄνος (but [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 964b38 says, ὄνου λίθον ἀλοῦντος)] when the millstone is grinding stone, as it does when no grist is in the mill).
VII.3 beaker, winecup, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 616, 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 2 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
VII.4 spindle or distaff, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.32, 10.125, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VII.5 perhaps coping of a wall, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Délos” 372 A 158 (3rd-2nd c.BC).)]
VIII ass's load, as a measure, πυροῦ ὄ. τρεῖς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PFay.” 67.2 (1st c.AD).)]