Strong G5609ᾠόν

ᾠόν, τό,
old poetry forms ὤεον, ὤιον, see entry near the end:— egg, τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68; ᾠὰ χήνεια 4th c.BC: Eriphus Comicus 7)]; of all birds, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a15)]; but mostly of hens' eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 856, “fragment” 185, etc.)]; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a18)]; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.171, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.376d)]; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled eggs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”))]; ἑφθά, ὠμά, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Vertigine” 2; ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 3; καταπίνειν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 140.5; ᾠὰ κολάπτειν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 18.4 (_anapaest meter_))]; ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile eggs, opposed to ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 730a6, 20; also ᾠὰ πλήρη [prev. author] “Mete.” 359a14)]; ᾠὸν τέλειον, opposed to ἀτελές, [Refs ([prev. author] “GA” 718b23, 24)]; ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον, wind-egg, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Araros Comicus 6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560a6)]; σμύρνης ᾠ. lump, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73; ὁ Χρόνος ἐγέννησεν ᾠόν 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 54, +others, compare 6th c.BC: Epimenides Philosophus 5: _metaphorically_, ᾠὸν ἅπας γέγονεν)] he has become bald as an egg, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 11.398 (from Nicias).)]
2 of the eggs or spawn of fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93; τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 567b22, compare 525a7)]; of serpents, [Refs ([prev. work] 558a26)]; of tortoises, [Refs ([prev. work] 558a4.)]
3 of plants, seed, [Refs ([prev. author] “GA” 731a6; compare ᾠοτοκέω 2.)]
4 cupping-glass, τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντακαὶ σύστομα [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “(Spiritalia) Pneumatica” 1)]Prooem.: egg-shaped cup, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Dinon Historicus 14)]. The word has the following forms: Attic dialect ᾠόν (- ?~X), confirmed by Inscrr. ὠιῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 11(2).224 A 11,12 (Delos, 3rd c.BC))], Papyri (ὠιὰ χήνεα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 130.26 (3rd c.BC)))], and later Mss.; Aeolic dialect ὤιον, genitive ὠίω (¯ ?~X ?~X ¯), [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 56, 112)]; ὤεον lbyc.16, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 11, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 6.10, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 192, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 956)]; ὤβεον is Argive accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (i.e. ὤϝεον))]; ᾠόν oxytone accusative to [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 130; ὤεον _proparoxytone_, [prev. work]121. The form ὠόν,)] which Latin ovum would lead us to expect, is found only in late texts [LXX+NT ((LXX.Deu.22.6, NT.Luke.11.12, etc.))] and is due to loss of the ι in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC)]; cognate with Latin ovum, OHGei, ONorse egg (prim. Germanic aiia -), whence Engl. examples