ὦνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wosno-, thematicization of *wósn̥ (“price”). Cognates include Sanskrit वस्न (vasná, “price”), Latin vēnum (“something for sale”), and Old Armenian գին (gin, “price”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̂ː.nos/ → /ˈo.nos/ → /ˈo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɔ̂ː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.nos/

Noun

ὦνος • (ônos) m (genitive ὤνου); second declension

1. price (cost required to gain possession of something)

   Synonyms: τῑμή (tīmḗ), ὠνή (ōnḗ), ἀξίᾱ (axíā), τῖμος (tîmos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὦνος; τοῦ ὤνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὦνος ho ônos	τὼ ὤνω tṑ ṓnō	οἱ ὦνοι hoi ônoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὤνου toû ṓnou	τοῖν ὤνοιν toîn ṓnoin	τῶν ὤνων tôn ṓnōn
Dative	τῷ ὤνῳ tôi ṓnōi	τοῖν ὤνοιν toîn ṓnoin	τοῖς ὤνοις toîs ṓnois
Accusative	τὸν ὦνον tòn ônon	τὼ ὤνω tṑ ṓnō	τοὺς ὤνους toùs ṓnous
Vocative	ὦνε ône	ὤνω ṓnō	ὦνοι ônoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὠνέομαι (ōnéomai)

Further reading

• “ὦνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὦνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὦνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὦνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press