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|Definition=ὁ and ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ass]], once in Hom., Il.11.558; then in IG12.40.12, Hdt.4.135, etc., cf. Arist.HA580b3; ὄνοι οἱ τὰ κέρεα ἔχοντες, together with a number of [[fabulous]] [[animal]]s, Hdt.4.191,192; ὄνος [[μονοκέρατος]] Arist.HA499b19, PA663a23, cf. Ael.NA3.41 :—freq. in provs.:<br><span class="bld">1</span> ὄνος [[λύρα]]ς (sc. [[ἀκούων]]), of one who can make nothing of music, Men. 527, Id.Mis.18, cf. Varroap.Gell.3.16.13, Diogenian.7.33; expld. in Apostol.12.91a, ὄνος λύρας ἤκουε καὶ σάλπιγγος [[ὗς]]; ὄνος κάθηται, of one who sits down when caught in the game of [[ὀστρακίνδα]], Poll.9.106, 112; the two provs. combined by Cratin. 229 ὄνοι δ' ἀπωτέρω κάθηνται τῆς λύρας, cf. [[κιθαρίζω]]. ὅνος λύρας ἀκούει κινῶν τά ᾧτα, a donkey hears the [[lyre]] and [[wiggle]]s its [[ear]]s (said of the [[insensitive]]). Lucian, Against the Ignorant Book Collector 4.1<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς]] for an [[ass]]'s [[shadow]], i.e. for a [[trifle]], Ar.V.191(v. Sch.), Pl.Phdr.260c; ταῦτα πάντ' ὄνου σκιά S. Fr.331.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ὄνου πόκαι]] or [[ὄνου πόκες]], v. [[πόκος]] ''ΙΙ''; [[ὄνον κείρεις]], of those who [[attempt]] the [[impossible]], Zen.5.38.<br><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]], Ar.Nu.1273, cf. Pl.Lg.701d.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[ὄνος ὕεται]] [[an ass]] in the rain, of being unmoved by what is said or done, Cratin.52, cf. Cephisod.1; ὄνῳ τις ἔλεγε μῦθον, ὁ δὲ τὰ ὦτα ἐκίνει Diogenian.7.30; ὄνος εἰς Ἀθήνας Macar.Prov.6.31.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[ὄνος ἄγω μυστήρια]], i.e my part is to carry burdens, Ar.Ra.159.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[ὄνων ὑβριστότερος]], of [[wanton]] [[behaviour]], X.An.5.8.3; κριθώσης ὄνου S.Fr.876.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[ὦτ' ὄνου λαβεῖν]], like [[Midas]], Ar.Pl.287.<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[ὄνος εἰς ἄχυρα]], of one who [[get]]s what he [[want]]s, Diogenian.6.91; [[ὄνου γνάθος]], of a [[glutton]], ib. 100.<br><span class="bld">10</span> [[ὄνος ἐν μελίσσαις]], of one who has got into a [[scrape]], Crates Com.36; but [[ὄνος ἐν πιθήκοις]], of [[extreme]] [[ugliness]], Men.402.8; [[ὄνος ἐν μύρῳ]] '[[a clown at a feast]]', Suid.<br><span class="bld">11</span> [[εἰς ὄνους ἀφ' ἵππων]], of one who has [[come down]] in the [[world]], Lib.Ep.34.2, cf. Zen.2.33, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[fish]] of the [[cod]] [[family]], esp. the [[hake]], [[Merluccius vulgaris]], Epich. 67, Arist.HA599b33, Fr.326, Henioch.3.3, Opp.H.1.151, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[wood-louse]], κυλισθεὶς ὥς τις ὄνος ἰσόσπριος S.Fr.363, cf. Arist.HA557a23 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ὀνίοις]]), Thphr.HP4.3.6, Hsch.s.v. [[σηνίκη]]; cf. [[ὀνίσκος]] ''ΙΙ'', [[ἴουλος]] IV.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[wingless locust]], = [[τρωξαλλίς]], Dsc.2.52.<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[ὄνων φάτνη]] a nebulous appearance between the [[ὄνοι]] (two [[star]]s in the [[breast]] of the Crab), Theoc.22.21, cf. Arat.898, Thphr.Sign.23 (ἡ τοῦ ὄνου [[φάτνη]] ib.43,51), Ptol.Tetr.23.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[ὄνου πετάλειον]], = [[φύλλον ὀνίτιδος]], Nic.Th.628.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> from the [[ass]] as a [[beast of burden]] the name passed to:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[windlass]], Hdt.7.36, Hp.Fract.31, Arist.Mech.853b12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[upper]] [[millstone]] which turned round, ὄνος [[ἀλέτης]] X.An.1.5.5; also ὄνος ἀλετών Alex.13, 204, cf. Hsch. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[μύλη]]; perhaps simply, [[millstone]], Herod.6.83 : Phot. says that [[Aristotle]] also calls the [[fixed nether millstone]] [[ὄνος]] (but Arist.Pr.964b38 says, [[ὄνου λίθον ἀλοῦντος]] when the [[millstone]] is [[grind]]ing [[stone]], as it does when no grist is in the mill).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[beaker]], [[wine cup]], Ar.V.616, Posidon.2 J.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[spindle]] or [[distaff]], Poll.7.32,10.125, Hsch.<br><span class="bld">5</span> perhaps [[coping]] of a [[wall]], Inscr.Délos372 A158 (iii/ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> [[ass]]'s [[load]], as a [[measure]], πυροῦ ὄνος τρεῖς PFay.67.2(i A.D.).