- ὄνειος
- ὄνειος (A), α, ον,A of an ass, Ar.Eq.1399 ; ὄ. γάλα ass's milk, D.ap. Phylarch.75 J., Arist.HA522a28 ; ὄ. ἀσκός an ass's skin, Plb.8.21.3 ; τὰς ὀνείας ματτύας a hash of ass's flesh, Sophil.4.5 : prov.,
Σκύθης ὄνειον δαῖτα Com.Adesp.717
.II Subst. ὀνεία (sc. δορά), ἡ, ass's skin, Babr.7.13.------------------------------------ὄνειος (B), [dialect] Ion. [full] ὀνήϊος, ον, ([etym.] ὀνίνημι)A useful, Nic.Al.627, Hsch. (in form ὄνια) :—written [full] ὄνιος in Tz.ad Lyc.621, Suid. : [dialect] Ion. [comp] Sup. ὀνήϊστος, η, ον (ος, ον prob. in Hp.Flat. 1, v. Hermes46.274), most useful, serviceable, Anaxag.4, Pythag. ap. D.L.8.49 (cf. Call.Iamb.1.132,200), Heraclit. 121, Hp. l. c., Phoen.4, Aret.CA1.4, etc. ; ὀνήϊστον πονέεσθαι exert yourselves to the utmost, A. R.2.335 ; ὕδρωπος ὀνήϊστα the most effectual remedy for the dropsy, Aret.CD2.2.
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