Ὄνος

capstan, windlass

Translated by David Whitehead21 Jul 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

14 words

[The name for] the many-footed and twisted thing which has to do with water-vessels.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὄνος· τὸ περὶ τὰ τῶν ὑδάτων ἀγγεῖα πολύπουν καὶ συστρεφόμενον.

Betacode

*)/onos: to\ peri\ ta\ tw=n u(da/twn a)ggei=a polu/poun kai\ sustrefo/menon.

Notes

From glosses on Herodotus 7.36.3, where the headword occurs (in the dative plural) in the account of Xerxes bridging the Hellespont: see web address 1.
cf. generally omicron 380.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ο380Ὄνοςass, donkey; windlass[Meaning] the animal [of that name], and a machine [named after it].

Neighbouring entries

ο379ὈνόουλφιςOnooulphis ο380Ὄνοςass, donkey; windlass ο381Ὄνοςcapstan, windlass ο382Ὄνος ἄγων μυστήριαa donkey celebrating the Mysteries ο383Ὄνος ἄγων μυστήριαa donkey celebrating the Mysteries

Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Jul 2013

4 Jul 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
4 Jul 2013Revised — David Whitehead
23 Jul 2006another headword; expanded note — David Whitehead
21 Jul 2006added link, set status — Catharine Roth
21 Jul 2006Translated — David Whitehead