ὠνέομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὦνος (ônos, “price”) +‎ -έομαι (-éomai).

The suppletive aorist ἐπρῐάμην (epriámēn) is from Proto-Indo-European *kʷreyh₂- (“to buy”). Cognates include Welsh prynu, Old Irish crenaid, Sanskrit क्रीणाति (krīṇā́ti) (root क्री (krī)), Old East Slavic крити (kriti).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔː.né.o.mai̯/ → /oˈne.o.mɛ/ → /oˈne.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔː.né.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈne.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈne.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈne.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈne.o.me/

Verb

ὠνέομαι • (ōnéomai)

1. to buy, purchase

   Synonym: πρίαμαι (príamai)

   Antonyms: πέρνημι (pérnēmi), πιπράσκω (pipráskō), πωλέω (pōléō)

   1. (in present and imperfect tenses) to offer to buy, deal for, bargain or bid for
      • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 339
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.1
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.69
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.165, (Compare 3.139, 6.121)
      • 375 BCE – 275 BCE, Alexis, Apeglaukomenos 2.10, (Compare The Heiress 1)
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 741B
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.6
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 313D–E
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 123.21
      • 50 CE – 150 CE, Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon 5.17
   2. (with dative) to buy from
      • 446 BCE – 386 BCE, Aristophanes, The Acharnians 815
      • 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 1261
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 7.2.17
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.2.21
   3. (with genitive) to buy for such a price
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.6
      • 424 BCE, Euripides, Hecuba 360
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 7.6.24
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 5.11.31
   4. (with dative) to buy with
      • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1.170
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.10.4
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Agesilaus 1.18
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.27, (Compare 5.5.14)
   5. (participial substantive, ὁ ὠνούμενος (ho ōnoúmenos)) the buyer, purchaser, owner
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, On Horsemanship 3.2, (compare Demosthenes 309.15, Plutarch, Cato the Younger 36)
      • 388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 7
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.242D
      • 361 BCE – 291 BCE, Dinarchus, Collected Works 109.30
      • 412 BCE, Euripides, Helen 902
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hiero 9.11
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.457D
      • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 180.15
      • 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 336
2. to farm public taxes or tolls, or rather to bid for them
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Collected Works 17.28
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 108.26
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Ways and Means 4.19
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 435.7
3. to buy off, avert by giving hush money
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 96.7
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 990.17
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 987.7
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Hermotimus 81
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Sertorius 6
   • 170 CE – 240 CE, Herodian, History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus 6.7
4. to buy a person, to bribe
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 309.15
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes 122.21, (Compare Plutarch, Philopoemen 15.322):

     ὠνεῖται καὶ διαφθείρει τινάς

     ōneîtai kaì diaphtheírei tinás

Inflection

   Present: ὠνέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ὠνέομαι	ὠνέῃ, ὠνέει	ὠνέεται	ὠνέεσθον	ὠνέεσθον	ὠνεόμεθᾰ	ὠνέεσθε	ὠνέονται
	subjunctive	ὠνέωμαι	ὠνέῃ	ὠνέηται	ὠνέησθον	ὠνέησθον	ὠνεώμεθᾰ	ὠνέησθε	ὠνέωνται
	optative	ὠνεοίμην	ὠνέοιο	ὠνέοιτο	ὠνέοισθον	ὠνεοίσθην	ὠνεοίμεθᾰ	ὠνέοισθε	ὠνέοιντο
	imperative		ὠνέου	ὠνεέσθω	ὠνέεσθον	ὠνεέσθων		ὠνέεσθε	ὠνεέσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ὠνέεσθαι
participle	m					ὠνεόμενος
	f					ὠνεομένη
	n					ὠνεόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Present: ὠνοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ὠνοῦμαι	ὠνεῖ, ὠνῇ	ὠνεῖται	ὠνεῖσθον	ὠνεῖσθον	ὠνούμεθᾰ	ὠνεῖσθε	ὠνοῦνται
	subjunctive	ὠνῶμαι	ὠνῇ	ὠνῆται	ὠνῆσθον	ὠνῆσθον	ὠνώμεθᾰ	ὠνῆσθε	ὠνῶνται
	optative	ὠνοίμην	ὠνοῖο	ὠνοῖτο	ὠνοῖσθον	ὠνοίσθην	ὠνοίμεθᾰ	ὠνοῖσθε	ὠνοῖντο
	imperative		ὠνοῦ	ὠνείσθω	ὠνεῖσθον	ὠνείσθων		ὠνεῖσθε	ὠνείσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ὠνεῖσθαι
participle	m					ὠνούμενος
	f					ὠνουμένη
	n					ὠνούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐωνεόμην (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐωνεόμην	ἐωνέου	ἐωνέετο	ἐωνέεσθον	ἐωνεέσθην	ἐωνεόμεθᾰ	ἐωνέεσθε	ἐωνέοντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐωνούμην (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐωνούμην	ἐωνοῦ	ἐωνεῖτο	ἐωνεῖσθον	ἐωνείσθην	ἐωνούμεθᾰ	ἐωνεῖσθε	ἐωνοῦντο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ὠνεόμην (Epic, uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ὠνεόμην	ὠνέου	ὠνέετο	ὠνέεσθον	ὠνεέσθην	ὠνεόμε(σ)θᾰ	ὠνέεσθε	ὠνέοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ὠνεύμην (Epic, contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ὠνεύμην	ὠνεῖο/ὠνέο	ὠνεῖτο	ὠνεῖσθον	ὠνείσθην	ὠνεύμε(σ)θᾰ	ὠνεῖσθε	ὠνεῦντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ὠνήσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ὠνήσομαι	ὠνήσῃ, ὠνήσει	ὠνήσεται	ὠνήσεσθον	ὠνήσεσθον	ὠνησόμεθᾰ	ὠνήσεσθε	ὠνήσονται
	optative	ὠνησοίμην	ὠνήσοιο	ὠνήσοιτο	ὠνήσοισθον	ὠνησοίσθην	ὠνησοίμεθᾰ	ὠνήσοισθε	ὠνήσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					ὠνήσεσθαι
participle	m				ὠνησόμενος
	f				ὠνησομένη
	n				ὠνησόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐπρῐᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐπρῐᾰ́μην	ἐπρῐ́ω	ἐπρῐ́ᾰτο	ἐπρῐ́ᾰσθον	ἐπρῐᾰ́σθην	ἐπρῐᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐπρῐ́ᾰσθε	ἐπρῐ́ᾰντο
	subjunctive	πρῐ́ωμαι	πρῐ́ῃ	πρῐ́ηται	πρῐ́ησθον	πρῐ́ησθον	πρῐώμεθᾰ	πρῐ́ησθε	πρῐ́ωνται
	optative	πρῐαίμην	πρῐ́αιο	πρῐ́αιτο	πρῐ́αισθον	πρῐαίσθην	πρῐαίμεθᾰ	πρῐ́αισθε	πρῐ́αιντο
	imperative		πρῐ́ασο, πρῐ́ω	πρῐᾰ́σθω	πρῐ́ᾰσθον	πρῐᾰ́σθων		πρῐ́ᾰσθε	πρῐᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					πρῐ́ᾰσθαι
participle	m				πρῐᾰ́μενος
	f				πρῐᾰμένη
	n				πρῐᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: πρῐᾰ́μην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	πρῐᾰ́μην	πρῐ́ᾰο	πρῐ́ᾰτο	πρῐ́ᾰσθον	πρῐᾰ́σθην	πρῐᾰ́με(σ)θᾰ	πρῐ́ᾰσθε	πρῐ́ᾰντο
	subjunctive	πρῐ́ωμαι	πρῐ́ηαι	πρῐ́ηται	πρῐ́ησθον	πρῐ́ησθον	πρῐώμε(σ)θᾰ	πρῐ́ησθε	πρῐ́ωνται
	optative	πρῐαίμην	πρῐ́αιο	πρῐ́αιτο	πρῐ́αισθον	πρῐαίσθην	πρῐαίμε(σ)θᾰ	πρῐ́αισθε	πρῐαίᾰτο
	imperative		πρῐ́ασο, πρῐ́ω	πρῐᾰ́σθω	πρῐ́ᾰσθον	πρῐᾰ́σθων		πρῐ́ᾰσθε	πρῐᾰ́σθων
					middle
infinitive					πρῐ́ᾰσθαι
participle	m				πρῐᾰ́μενος
	f				πρῐᾰμένη
	n				πρῐᾰ́μενον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ἐωνησᾰ́μην, ἐωνήθην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐωνησᾰ́μην	ἐωνήσω	ἐωνήσᾰτο	ἐωνήσᾰσθον	ἐωνησᾰ́σθην	ἐωνησᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐωνήσᾰσθε	ἐωνήσᾰντο
	subjunctive	ὠνήσωμαι	ὠνήσῃ	ὠνήσηται	ὠνήσησθον	ὠνήσησθον	ὠνησώμεθᾰ	ὠνήσησθε	ὠνήσωνται
	optative	ὠνησαίμην	ὠνήσαιο	ὠνήσαιτο	ὠνήσαισθον	ὠνησαίσθην	ὠνησαίμεθᾰ	ὠνήσαισθε	ὠνήσαιντο
	imperative		ὤνησαι	ὠνησᾰ́σθω	ὠνήσᾰσθον	ὠνησᾰ́σθων		ὠνήσᾰσθε	ὠνησᾰ́σθων
passive	indicative	ἐωνήθην	ἐωνήθης	ἐωνήθη	ἐωνήθητον	ἐωνηθήτην	ἐωνήθημεν	ἐωνήθητε	ἐωνήθησᾰν
	subjunctive	ὠνηθῶ	ὠνηθῇς	ὠνηθῇ	ὠνηθῆτον	ὠνηθῆτον	ὠνηθῶμεν	ὠνηθῆτε	ὠνηθῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὠνηθείην	ὠνηθείης	ὠνηθείη	ὠνηθεῖτον, ὠνηθείητον	ὠνηθείτην, ὠνηθειήτην	ὠνηθεῖμεν, ὠνηθείημεν	ὠνηθεῖτε, ὠνηθείητε	ὠνηθεῖεν, ὠνηθείησᾰν
	imperative		ὠνήθητῐ	ὠνηθήτω	ὠνήθητον	ὠνηθήτων		ὠνήθητε	ὠνηθέντων
					middle		passive
infinitive					ὠνήσᾰσθαι		ὠνηθῆναι
participle	m				ὠνησᾰ́μενος		ὠνηθείς
	f				ὠνησᾰμένη		ὠνηθεῖσᾰ
	n				ὠνησᾰ́μενον		ὠνηθέν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἐώνημαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐώνημαι	ἐώνησαι	ἐώνηται	ἐώνησθον	ἐώνησθον	ἐωνήμεθᾰ	ἐώνησθε	ἐώνηνται
	subjunctive	ἐωνημένος ὦ	ἐωνημένος ᾖς	ἐωνημένος ᾖ	ἐωνημένω ἦτον	ἐωνημένω ἦτον	ἐωνημένοι ὦμεν	ἐωνημένοι ἦτε	ἐωνημένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐωνημένος εἴην	ἐωνημένος εἴης	ἐωνημένος εἴη	ἐωνημένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἐωνημένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἐωνημένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἐωνημένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἐωνημένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἐώνησο	ἐωνήσθω	ἐώνησθον	ἐωνήσθων		ἐώνησθε	ἐωνήσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἐωνῆσθαι
participle	m					ἐωνημένος
	f					ἐωνημένη
	n					ἐωνημένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

• “ὠνέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὠνέομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὠνέομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5608 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible