onager
From LSJ
πολλὰ δ' ἄναντα κάταντα πάραντά τε δόχμιά τ' ἦλθον → and ever upward, downward, sideward, and aslant they went
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ŏnăger: and ŏnā̆grus, i, m., = ὄναγρος,
I a wild ass, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 3; cf. Col. 6, 37, 3; Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 174: timidi, Verg. G. 3, 409: pulcher, Mart. 13, 100, 1; Vulg. Psa. 103, 11; id. Osee, 8, 9.—
II Transf., a military engine for discharging large stones, Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 4.
