ὄνειρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, or [[ὄνειρον]], τό, the masc. form freq. in Hom., also in Pi.''P.''4.163, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.34,7.16.β', E.''IT''569: acc. pl. [[ὀνείρους]] Perdrizet-Lefèbvre<br><span class="bld">A</span> Les graffites grecs du Memnonion d'Abydos No.528: the neut. in Od.4.841, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.14,15, A.''Ch.''541, 550, S.''El.''1390 (lyr.), E.''HF''517; and in [[proverb|prov.]], [[τοὐμὸν ὄνειρον ἐμοί]] = [[my own dream to me]], [[you are telling me what I know already]], Call.''Epigr.''34, Cic.''Att.''6.9.3 (cf. [[ὄναρ]] 1.1, [[ὄνειαρ]] II): the forms ὀνείρου, ὀνείρῳ, ὀνείρων, ὀνείροις leave the gender doubtful: pl. ὄνειρα E. ''HF''518, ''AP''9.234 (Crin.); but the form [[ὀνείρατα]] (as if from [[ὄνειραρ]], ''EM''47.53) is more freq. in nom. and acc., Od.20.87, etc.: also gen. ὀνειράτων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.120, A.''Pr.''485, al., S.''El.''481 (lyr.): dat. -ασι A.''Pr.'' 655, ''Pers.''176, S.''OT''981, E.''Alc.''354: gen. sg. -ατος Pl.''Tht.''201d; dat. sg. [[ἐν τὠνείρατι]] = [[in the dream]] A.''Ch.''531:—[[dream]], Il.2.80, al.; [[ὄνειρον ὑποκρίνεσθαι]] = [[interpret a dream]], v. [[ὑποκρίνω]] B. 1.2; θέρμετε δ' ὕδωρ, ὡς ἂν θεῖον ὄ. ἀποκλύσω Ar.''Ra.''1340.<br><span class="bld">2</span> as pr. n. [[dream]] personified, Il.2.6 sqq.: also in plural, δῆμος ὀνείρων Od.24.12, cf. Hes.''Th.''212.<br><span class="bld">3</span> in similes or metaphors, of anything unreal or fleeting, σκιῇ εἴκελον ἢ καὶ ὀ. Od.11.207, cf. 222; τοῦ ποτε μεμνήσεσθαι ὀΐομαι [[ἔν περ ὀνείρῳ]] = [[if only in a dream]], 19.581; [[σμικρὰ ὀνείρατα λέλειπται]] = [[faint and shadowy traces remain]], [[small vestiges remain]] Pl.''Lg.'' 695c; [[ὄνειρα ἀφένοιο]] = [[dreams of wealth]], ''AP''l.c. (Cf. [[ὄνοιρος]].)