ὄναγρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄνος (ónos, “ass, donkey”) +‎ ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.na.ɡros/ → /ˈo.na.ɣros/ → /ˈo.na.ɣros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.na.ɡros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.na.ɡros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.na.ɣros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.na.ɣros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.na.ɣros/

Noun

ὄνᾰγρος • (ónagros) m (genitive ὀνᾰ́γρου); second declension

1. onager, wild ass
2. kind of catapult

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄνᾰγρος; τοῦ ὀνᾰ́γρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὄνᾰγρος ho ónagros	τὼ ὀνᾰ́γρω tṑ onágrō	οἱ ὄνᾰγροι hoi ónagroi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀνᾰ́γρου toû onágrou	τοῖν ὀνᾰ́γροιν toîn onágroin	τῶν ὀνᾰ́γρων tôn onágrōn
Dative	τῷ ὀνᾰ́γρῳ tôi onágrōi	τοῖν ὀνᾰ́γροιν toîn onágroin	τοῖς ὀνᾰ́γροις toîs onágrois
Accusative	τὸν ὄνᾰγρον tòn ónagron	τὼ ὀνᾰ́γρω tṑ onágrō	τοὺς ὀνᾰ́γρους toùs onágrous
Vocative	ὄνᾰγρε ónagre	ὀνᾰ́γρω onágrō	ὄνᾰγροι ónagroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀνάγρα (onágra)
• ὀνάγρινος (onágrinos)
• ὀνάγριον (onágrion)
• ὀναγρόβοτος (onagróbotos)

 

Descendants

• Greek: όναγρος (ónagros)
• → Albanian: onagër
• → Latin: onager
  • French: onagre
  • Italian: onagro
  • Portuguese: onagro
  • Spanish: onagro
  • → English: onager

Further reading

• “ὄναγρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄναγρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὄναγρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette