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{{LSJ1
|Full diacritics=ὠνή
|Medium diacritics=ὠνή
|Low diacritics=ωνή
|Capitals=ΩΝΗ
|Transliteration A=ōnḗ
|Transliteration B=ōnē
|Transliteration C=oni
|Beta Code=w)nh/
|Definition=Aeol. ὄννα <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).1064 (ii B. C.), ἡ, (cf. <b class="b3">ὦνος</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">buying, purchasing</b>, <b class="b3">ὠ. καὶ πρῆσις</b> <b class="b2">buying</b> and selling, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.153</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Ath.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>909</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>371d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span>223d</span>; ὠνὴν ποιεῖσθαί τινος <span class="bibl">D.33.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 849b</span>; δἰ ὠνῆς Plu.2.753d; διὰ τὴν ὠ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ind.</span>16</span>; ἐν τῇ τῶν σιτίων ὠ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>314a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">purchase, bargain</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>150</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">contract for the farming of taxes</b> or other sources of revenue, ὠνὰς πρίασθαι ἐκ τοῦ δημοσίου <span class="bibl">And.1.73</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">92</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>5</span>; <b class="b3">τοὶ πριάμενοι τὰν ὠνὰν σίτου, οἴνου, τετραπόδων</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>1000.4,5,6 (Cos, i B. C.); τρὶς ἀναπραθείσης τῆς ὠ. <span class="title">IPE</span>12.32<span class="hiitalic">A</span>53 (Olbia, iii B. C.); <b class="b3">ὠνὰς</b> <b class="b2">omnium venditas</b>, of the proceeds of local taxes, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>5.16.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Dor. Inscrr. (also in Arg.D.37 (pl.)), <b class="b2">deed of sale, contract</b>, ἁ ὠνὰ παρὰ Ξενοκράτη Δελφόν <span class="title">GDI</span>1715, al. (Delph., ii B. C.); <b class="b3">ὠνὰν τὰν ἐν τῷ ἱαρῷ ἀναγεγραμμέναν</b> ib.1764 (ibid., ii B. C.); τᾶς ὠ. τὸ ἀντίγραφον <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).331.5 (Chaleion, ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">purchase-money, price</b>, εἰς . . τῶν ὅπλων τὴν ὠ. παρέσχε τρισμυρίας δραχμάς <span class="bibl">Lys.19.43</span>; ἐπέθηκε τῇ ὠ. τάλαντον <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 5</span>.</span>
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