ὠνέομαι
Etym. ὦνος
Etym. aor1 is very dubious (for the Attic aorist is ἐπριάμην）
I. Mid.:— "to buy, purchase", opp. to πωλέω, πιπράσκω, as Lat. emere to "vendere"; but in pres. and imperf. "to offer to buy, deal for, bargain or bid" for a thing, Hes.; ὠνέεσθαι τῶν φορτίων "wished to buy" some of their wares, "began to bargain" for them, Hdt.; Κροῖσός σφι ὠνεομένοισι ἔδωκε gave it them "when they offered to buy", id=Hdt.; ὠν. τι παρά τινος "from" another, id=Hdt.; ὠν. ἐκ Κορίνθου "to buy goods" from Corinth, Xen.:—c. gen. pretii, "to buy for" so much, Hdt., attic:—absol. in partic., ὠνούμενος "by purchase", Xen.; ὁ ὠνούμενος "the purchaser", id=Xen.; ὁ ἐωνημένος "the owner by purchase" of a slave, Ar.
2. "to farm public taxes or tolls", or rather "to bid for" them, ὠν. μέταλλα Dem., etc.
3. "to buy off, avert by giving hush-money", id=Dem.; ὠν. τινα "to buy" a person, of one who bribes, id=Dem.
II. sometimes used as Pass. "to be bought", as ὠνούμενά τε καὶ πιπρασκόμενα Plat.; perf. part. ἐωνημένος id=Plat., Dem.; 3 sg. plup. ἐώνητο Ar.; in aor1 ἐωνήθην Xen.