ὄνθος

English (LSJ)

ὁ,

   A dung of animals, Il.23.775,777, A.Fr.275, Antig.Mir.140 : later also fem., like κόπρος, Apollod.2.5.5.

German (Pape)

[Seite 347] ὁ, Koth, Mist von Thieren, βοῶν, Il. 23, 775. 777; bei Suid. auch ἡ ὄνθος, nach ἡ κόπρος.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὄνθος: ὁ, ἡ κόπρος τῶν ζῴων, Ἰλ. Ψ. 775, 777, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπάσμ. 270· ― παρὰ μεταγεν. καὶ θηλ., ὡς τὸ κόπρος, Ἀπολλόδ. 2. 5, 5.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
excrément des animaux, fiente, fumier.
Étymologie: DELG étym. inconnue, pê substrat.

English (Autenrieth)

dung. (Ψ）

Greek Monotonic

ὄνθος: ὁ, κοπριά ζώων, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ὄνθος: ὁ помет, навоз (βοῶν Hom.).

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m. (late also f. after κόπρος)
Meaning: droppings, excrement of animals (Ψ 775, 777, A. Fr. 275 [= 478 Mette]).
Compounds: ὀνθο-φόρος dungbearer (pap. IVp).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unexplained; on the formation Schwyzer 510, Chantraine Formation 369. Several suggestions which are to be rejected by Prellwitz, Bq, WP. 1,42 a. 2,497; also Lidén Stud. 38 f. w. n. 1 (with more unacceptable hypotheses).

Middle Liddell

ὄνθος, ὁ,
the dung of animals, Il.