ὄναρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, used only in nom. and acc. sg., the other cases being supplied by [[ὄνειρος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) :—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dream]], [[vision in sleep]], opp. a [[waking vision]], οὐκ ὄ., ἀλλ' ὕπαρ ἐσθλόν Od.19.547, cf. 20.90; ἡλίῳ δείκνυσι τοὔναρ S.''El.''425; εἶδον ὄ. Ar.''Eq.''1090; <b class="b3">ἄκουε δὴ ὄναρ ἀντὶ ὀνείρατος</b> [[dream]] for dream, Pl.''Tht.''201d; <b class="b3">ὥστε μηδὲ ὄναρ ἰδεῖν</b>, of [[profound]] [[sleep]], Id.''Ap.'' 40d : [[proverb|prov.]], [[τὸ ἐμόν γ' ἐμοὶ λέγεις ὄναρ]] '[[you are telling me what I know already]]', Id.''R.''563d, cf. Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ταὐτὸν πέπονθα]] (cf. [[ὄνειρος]] ''1'', [[ὄνειαρ]] II).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[proverb|prov.]] of anything fleeting or unreal, ὀλιγοχρόνιον . . ὥσπερ ὄναρ Thgn.1020; σε παρέρχεται ὡς ὄ. ἥβη Theoc.27.8; πόθος δέ μοι ὡς ὄ. ἔπτα Bion 1.58 : in Prose, ἡ ἐμὴ [σοφία]... ὥσπερ ὄ. οὖσα Pl. ''Smp.''175e, cf. ''Men.''85c; ὡς ὄναρ ἐλευθερίας ὁρῶντας Plu.''Thes.''32; and without ὡς, σκιᾶς ὄ. ἄνθρωπος Pi.''P.''8.95; <b class="b3">ὄναρ ἡμερόφαντον ἀλαίνει</b>, of an [[old man]], A.''Ag.''82 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Trag. and Att. freq. as adverb, [[in a dream]], [[in sleep]], ὄ. γὰρ ὑμᾶς νῦν Κλυταιμνήστρα καλῶ Id.''Eu.''116; <b class="b3">ὄ. διώκεις θῆρα</b> ib.131; ὄ. πνεύσαντα νυκτός S.''Fr.''65 : freq. in Pl., ὄ. ἐπλουτήσαμεν ''Tht.''208b; <b class="b3">ὄ. ὀνείρατα διηγεῖσθαι</b> ib.158c, etc.; also [[οὐδ' ὄναρ]] = [[not even in a dream]], E.''Fr.''107, Herod.1.11; πολιτικὸς ἀνὴρ οὐδ' ὄναρ Cic.''Att.''1.18.6; [[μηδ' ἰδὼν ὄναρ]] = [[not even in my dreams]], E.''IT''518, cf. Pl. ''Tht.''173d, Mosch.4.18; ἃ μηδ' ὄ. ἤλπισαν D.19.275 : hence freq. opp. [[ὕπαρ]], v. [[ὕπαρ]] ΙΙ; [[κατ' ὄναρ]] = [[in a dream]], condemned by Phryn.395, but quoted by him from Polemo, is also found in ''Ev.Matt.''1.20, Aristid. ''Or.''47(23).21 : with sense, [[in consequence of a dream]], in ''SIG''1147 (Crete, ii/iii A. D.), ''Supp.Epigr.''2.405 (Macedonia).