ὄνος
Alt. ὄνος, ὁ, ἡ,
I. "an ass", Il., Hdt., etc.:—proverb.,
1. περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς for "an ass's" shadow, i. e. for nothing at all, Lat. de lana caprina, Ar., Plat.
2. ὄνου πόκαι or πόκες, v. πόκος II.
3. ἀπ᾽ ὄνου πεσεῖν, of one who gets into a scrape by his own clumsiness, with a pun on ἀπὸ νοῦ πεσεῖν, Ar.
4. ὄνος ἄγων μυστήρια, of one heavily laden, id=Ar.
5. ὄνου ὑβριστότερος, of brutality, Xen.
6. ὄνου ὦτα λαβεῖν, like Midas, Ar.
II. ὄνων φάτνη a luminous appearance between the ὄνοι (two stars in the breast of the Crab), Lat. praesepe, Theocr.
III. from "the ass as a beast of burden",
1. "a windlass, pulley", Hdt.
2. "the upper millstone", ὄνος ἀλέτης Xen.:—so, μύλος ὀνικός NTest.
3. "a beaker, wine-cup", Ar.