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|Full diacritics=ὄνωνις
|Medium diacritics=ὄνωνις
|Low diacritics=όνωνις
|Capitals=ΟΝΩΝΙΣ
|Transliteration A=ónōnis
|Transliteration B=onōnis
|Transliteration C=ononis
|Beta Code=o)/nwnis
|Definition=or ὀνωνίς, ιδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">rest-harrow, Ononis antiquorum</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>6.1.3</span>, Dsc.3.131 ; τρηχεῖαν ὄνωνιν Call.<b class="b2">Fr.anon</b>.<span class="bibl">366</span> (ap.Plu.2.44e, al., v.l. [[ἄνωνιν]]): metaph., <b class="b3">ἐς [τὴν] πόλιν ἄξεις τήνδε τὴν ὀνώνιδα</b> this <b class="b2">troublesome weed</b> (perh. with a play on <b class="b3">ὄνος</b>), <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>438.</span>
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