ὀνίσκος
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
ὁ, Dim. of ὄνος, but only metaph. : I a sea-fish of the gadus or cod kind, Dorio ap. Ath.3.118c, Euthyd. ap. eund.7.315f, Gal.6.721. II prob. woodlouse (cf. ὄνος III), Id.12.366, al. III = ὄνος VII. 1, windlass, crane, Hp.Fract.13, Art.72, Ath.Mech.14.7, Ph.Bel.68.5, Hero Bel. 84.14. IV ὀνίσκος· τεκτονικὸς πρίων, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 347] ὁ, 1) dim. von ὄνος, Eselein, Sp. – 2) ein Meerfisch von der Art des Stockfisches, asellus, Dorio bei Ath. III, 118 c Euthyd. ib. VII, 315 t. – 3) Kellerassel, = ἴουλος, Sp. – 4) eine Zimmermannssäge, Hesych. – 5) wie ὄνος, Winde, Haspel, Sp.