ὄνθος
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, A dung of animals, Il.23.775,777, A.Fr.275, Antig.Mir.140 : later also fem., like κόπρος, Apollod.2.5.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 347] ὁ, Koth, Mist von Thieren, βοῶν, Il. 23, 775. 777; bei Suid. auch ἡ ὄνθος, nach ἡ κόπρος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὄνθος: ὁ, ἡ κόπρος τῶν ζῴων, Ἰλ. Ψ. 775, 777, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπάσμ. 270· ― παρὰ μεταγεν. καὶ θηλ., ὡς τὸ κόπρος, Ἀπολλόδ. 2. 5, 5.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
excrément des animaux, fiente, fumier.
Étymologie: DELG étym. inconnue, pê substrat.
English (Autenrieth)
dung. (Ψ）
Greek Monotonic
ὄνθος: ὁ, κοπριά ζώων, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὄνθος: ὁ помет, навоз (βοῶν Hom.).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m. (late also f. after κόπρος)
Meaning: droppings, excrement of animals (Ψ 775, 777, A. Fr. 275 [= 478 Mette]).
Compounds: ὀνθο-φόρος dungbearer (pap. IVp).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unexplained; on the formation Schwyzer 510, Chantraine Formation 369. Several suggestions which are to be rejected by Prellwitz, Bq, WP. 1,42 a. 2,497; also Lidén Stud. 38 f. w. n. 1 (with more unacceptable hypotheses).
Middle Liddell
ὄνθος, ὁ,
the dung of animals, Il.
Frisk Etymology German
ὄνθος: {ónthos}
Grammar: m. (spät auch f. nach κόπρος)
Meaning: Mist, Kot von Tieren (Ψ 775, 777, A. Fr. 275 [= 478 Mette] u.a.),
Composita : ὀνθοφόρος Mistträger (Pap. IVp).
Etymology : Unerklärt; zur Bildung Schwyzer 510, Chantraine Formation 369. Mehrere abzulehnende Vermutungen bei Prellwitz, Bq, WP. 1,42 u. 2,497; auch Lidén Stud. 38 f. m. A. 1 (wo weitere unannehmbar Hypothesen).
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