Ὄνος
ass, donkey; windlass
Translated by Catharine Roth21 Dec 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the animal [of that name], and a machine [named after it].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄνος· τὸ ζῷον, καὶ ὄργανον.
Betacode
*)/onos: to\ zw=|on, kai\ o)/rganon.
Notes
- Re the latter, see LSJ s.v. VII, onos as a windlass or the upper millstone (entry at web address 1); cf. omicron 381, omega 108.
More fully in Hesychius omicron913.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from2 entries
- ο381Ὄνοςcapstan, windlass[The name for] the many-footed and twisted thing which has to do with water-vessels.
- ω108Ὤνευονthey were hauling up with windlassesIn Thucydides, [meaning] they were moving and rotating; for a windlass of the mill [is] the thing that is moved; and windlasses [are] devices of such a kind. Thucydides [writes]: "they tied the stakes and were hauling…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Jul 2013
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- supplemented headword; modified and expanded note — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth