onagro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onagrus, onager, from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.na.ɡro/
• Rhymes: -ɔnaɡro
• Hyphenation: ò‧na‧gro

Noun

onagro m (plural onagri)

1. Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)

   Hypernym: emiono

2. (military, historical) onager

Derived terms

• onagrocrazia

Further reading

• onagro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• gorano, ognora, ongaro, orango, organo, organo-, organò, rogano

Latin

Noun

onagrō

1. dative/ablative singular of onager

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onagrum (“wild ass”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros). War machine sense due to its kicking action, similar to that of the ass.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈna.ɡɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈna.ɡɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈna.ɡɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈna.ɡɾu/ [ɔˈna.ɣɾu]

• Rhymes: -aɡɾu
• Hyphenation: o‧na‧gro

Noun

onagro m (plural onagros)

1. onager (Ancient Roman war machine)
2. onager (wild ass)

   Synonym: hemíono

Related terms

• (war machine) catapulta, trabuco, manganela
• (wild ass) jumento, burro, asno

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈnaɡɾo/ [oˈna.ɣ̞ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɡɾo
• Syllabification: o‧na‧gro

Noun

onagro m (plural onagros)

1. onager (wild ass)
2. onager (military engine)

Further reading

• “onagro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014