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|Definition=ὁ and ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ass]], once in Hom., <span class="bibl">Il.11.558</span>; then in <span class="title">IG</span>12.40.12, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.135</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>580b3</span>; ὄνοι οἱ τὰ κέρεα ἔχοντες, together with a number of fabulous animals, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.191</span>,<span class="bibl">192</span>; ὄνος μονοκέρατος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>499b19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>663a23</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>3.41</span> :—freq. in provs.: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> ὄνος [[λύρα]]ς (sc. [[ἀκούων]]), of one who can make nothing of music, <span class="bibl">Men. 527</span>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mis.</span>18</span>, cf. Varroap.Gell.3.16.13, <span class="bibl">Diogenian.7.33</span>; expld. in <span class="bibl">Apostol.12.91a</span>, ὄνος λύρας ἤκουε καὶ σάλπιγγος [[ὗς]]; ὄνος κάθηται, of one who sits down when caught in the game of [[ὀστρακίνδα]], <span class="bibl">Poll.9.106</span>, <span class="bibl">112</span>; the two provs. combined by <span class="bibl">Cratin. 229</span> ὄνοι δ' ἀπωτέρω κάθηνται τῆς λύρας, cf. [[κιθαρίζω]]. ὅνος λύρας ἀκούει κινῶν τά ᾧτα,  a donkey hears the lyre and wiggles its ears (said of the insensitive). Lucian, Against the Ignorant Book Collector 4.1 </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς]] for an [[ass]]'s [[shadow]], i.e. for a [[trifle]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>191</span>(v. Sch.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>260c</span>; ταῦτα πάντ' ὄνου σκιά <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>331</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ὄνου πόκαι]] or [[πόκες]], v. [[πόκος]] ''ΙΙ''; [[ὄνον κείρεις]], of those who [[attempt]] the [[impossible]], <span class="bibl">Zen.5.38</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσεῖν]], of one who gets into a [[scrape]] by his own [[clumsiness]]. with a pun on [[ἀπὸ νοῦ πεσεῖν]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1273</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>701d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[ὄνος ὕεται]] [[an ass]] in the rain, of being unmoved by what is said or done, <span class="bibl">Cratin.52</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cephisod.1</span>; ὄνῳ τις ἔλεγε μῦθον, ὁ δὲ τὰ ὦτα ἐκίνει <span class="bibl">Diogenian.7.30</span>; ὄνος εἰς Ἀθήνας Macar.<span class="title">Prov.</span>6.31. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[ὄνος ἄγω μυστήρια]], i.e my part is to carry burdens, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>159</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[ὄνων ὑβριστότερος]], of [[wanton]] [[behaviour]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.8.3</span>; κριθώσης ὄνου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>876</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> [[ὦτ' ὄνου λαβεῖν]], like [[Midas]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>287</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">9</span> [[ὄνος εἰς ἄχυρα]], of one who [[get]]s what he [[want]]s, <span class="bibl">Diogenian.6.91</span>; [[ὄνου γνάθος]], of a glutton, ib. <span class="bibl">100</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">10</span> [[ὄνος ἐν μελίσσαις]], of one who has got into a scrape, <span class="bibl">Crates Com.36</span>; but [[ὄνος ἐν πιθήκοις]], of extreme ugliness, <span class="bibl">Men.402.8</span>; [[ὄνος ἐν μύρῳ]] 'a clown at a feast', Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">11</span> [[εἰς ὄνους ἀφ' ἵππων]], of one who has come down in the world, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>34.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Zen.2.33</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a [[fish]] of the [[cod]] family, esp. the [[hake]], [[Merluccius vulgaris]], <span class="bibl">Epich. 67</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>599b33</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>326</span>, <span class="bibl">Henioch.3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.151</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[wood-louse]], κυλισθεὶς ὥς τις ὄνος ἰσόσπριος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>363</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>557a23</span> (v.l. [[ὀνίοις]]), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.3.6</span>, Hsch.s.v. [[σηνίκη]]; cf. ὀνίσκος ''ΙΙ'', [[ἴουλος]] IV. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[wingless locust]], = [[τρωξαλλίς]], Dsc.2.52. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[ὄνων φάτνη]] a nebulous appearance between the [[ὄνοι]] (two stars in the breast of the Crab), <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arat.898</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>23</span> (ἡ τοῦ ὄνου [[φάτνη]] ib.<span class="bibl">43</span>,<span class="bibl">51</span>), <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> [[ὄνου πετάλειον]], = [[φύλλον ὀνίτιδος]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>628</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VII</span> from [[the ass as a beast of burden]] the name passed to: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[windlass]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>853b12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> the [[upper]] [[millstone]] which turned round, ὄνος [[ἀλέτης]] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.5.5</span>; also ὄνος ἀλετών <span class="bibl">Alex.13</span>, <span class="bibl">204</span>, cf. Hsch. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[μύλη]]; perhaps simply, [[millstone]], <span class="bibl">Herod.6.83</span> : Phot. says that Aristotle also calls the [[fixed nether millstone]] [[ὄνος]] (but <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>964b38</span> says, [[ὄνου λίθον ἀλοῦντος]] when the [[millstone]] is [[grind]]ing [[stone]], as it does when no grist is in the mill). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[beaker]], [[winecup]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>616</span>, <span class="bibl">Posidon.2</span> J. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[spindle]] or [[distaff]], <span class="bibl">Poll.7.32</span>,<span class="bibl">10.125</span>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> perhaps [[coping]] of a [[wall]], <span class="title">Inscr.Délos</span>372 <span class="title">A</span>158 (iii/ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VIII</span> [[ass]]'s [[load]], as a [[measure]], πυροῦ ὄνος τρεῖς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>67.2</span>(i A.D.).</span>