ὄνειαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃neh₂- (“to enjoy”); compare ὀνίνημι (onínēmi, “to profit, benefit”) and Old English unnan (“to grant, bestow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.neː.ar/ → /ˈo.ni.ar/ → /ˈo.ni.ar/

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

Noun

ὄνειᾰρ • (óneiar) n (genitive ὄνειᾰτος); third declension (Epic)

1. boon, advantage
2. relief, refreshment
3. (in the plural) victuals, viands, provisions
4. (in the plural) goods, treasures

Declension

Third declension of ὄνειᾰρ; ὀνείᾰτος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὄνειᾰρ óneiar	ὀνείᾰτε oneíate	ὀνείᾰτᾰ oneíata
Genitive	ὀνείᾰτος oneíatos	ὀνειᾰ́τοιῐν oneiátoiin	ὀνειᾰ́των oneiátōn
Dative	ὀνείᾰτῐ oneíati	ὀνειᾰ́τοιῐν oneiátoiin	ὀνείᾰσῐ / ὀνείᾰσῐν / ὀνειᾰ́τεσσῐ / ὀνειᾰ́τεσσῐν / ὀνειᾰ́τεσῐ / ὀνειᾰ́τεσῐν oneíasi(n) / oneiátessi(n) / oneiátesi(n)
Accusative	ὄνειᾰρ óneiar	ὀνείᾰτε oneíate	ὀνείᾰτᾰ oneíata
Vocative	ὄνειᾰρ óneiar	ὀνείᾰτε oneíate	ὀνείᾰτᾰ oneíata
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ὄνειαρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὄνειαρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὄνειαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press