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|Definition=όνος, ἡ, also ὁ, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>25</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.11</span>: (λαγαρός):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the hollow on each side below the ribs, flank</b>, Hp. l. c., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>119</span>&lt;*&gt;, <span class="bibl">Chaerem. 14.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>493a18</span>, al.: freq. in pl. [[λαγόνες]], [[flanks]], <span class="bibl">Batr.222</span>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">IT</span>298</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>662</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λαγόνων ὀστᾶ</b> [[iliac]] bones, Gal.2.507, cf. 772; prop. of men, but also of animals, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>826</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>4.1</span>, <span class="bibl">5.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 25.246</span>; θύννου λαγόνες <span class="bibl">Antiph.132.5</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> pl., in later Greek, [[womb]], Naumach. ap. Stob.4.22.32, <b class="b3">λύσις αἰνίγματος</b> ap.Arg.E. <span class="title">Ph.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., any [[hollow]], <b class="b3">κοίλη λ</b>. [[hollow]] of a cup, <span class="bibl">Eub.43</span>; λαγόνεσσι φαρέτρης <span class="title">AP</span>6.326 (Leon. Alex.); πρός τινι λ. τοῦ κρημνοῦ <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arat.</span>22</span>; esp. of a mountain, [[flank]], <span class="bibl">D.H.3.24</span>, <span class="bibl">9.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Cleom.1.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>185</span> (pl.); [[bank]] of a river, λαιᾷ ποταμοῦ… λαγόνι <span class="title">AP</span>6.287 (Antip.); [[sides]] of a grave, <span class="title">IG</span>14.2001; [[χθόνιαι]] ib.7.117 (Megara).</span>