onager

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman onager, Old French onager (“wild ass; siege engine”), from Latin onager (“wild ass”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (“wild ass”), from ὄνος (“ass”) + ἄγριος (“wild”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɒnədʒə/, /ˈɒnəɡə/

Noun

onager (plural onagers or onagri)

1. A wild ass, Equus hemionus, especially the koulan.
2. A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.

Translations

wild ass

• Catalan: onagre (ca) m
• Finnish: aasialainen villiaasi (fi), kulaani (fi)
• French: onagre (fr) m

• Indonesian: keledai asia (id)
• Portuguese: onagro (pt) m, hemíono (pt) m
• Spanish: onagro (es) m

military engine

• Catalan: onagre (ca) m
• Finnish: onageri (fi)

• Portuguese: onagro (pt) m
• Spanish: onagro (es) m

See also

• catapult
• trebuchet

Anagrams

• groane, Orange, orange

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Latin

Alternative forms

• onagrus

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (“wild ass”), from ὄνος (“ass”) + ἄγριος (“wild”).

Noun

onager (genitive onagrī); m, second declension

1. wild ass

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	onager	onagrī
genitive	onagrī	onagrōrum
dative	onagrō	onagrīs
accusative	onagrum	onagrōs
ablative	onagrō	onagrīs
vocative	onager 1	onagrī

¹May also be onagre.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

onager m (oblique plural onagers, nominative singular onagers, nominative plural onager)

1. onager