ὀνίσκος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, Dim. of ὄνος, but only metaph. :    I a sea-fish of the gadus or cod kind, Dorio ap. Ath.3.118c, Euthyd. ap. eund.7.315f, Gal.6.721.    II prob. woodlouse (cf. ὄνος III), Id.12.366, al.    III = ὄνος VII. 1, windlass, crane, Hp.Fract.13, Art.72, Ath.Mech.14.7, Ph.Bel.68.5, Hero Bel. 84.14.    IV ὀνίσκος· τεκτονικὸς πρίων, Hsch.