ὠνέομαι

ὠνέομαι, Hes.Op.341, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

-ήσομαι E.Hec.360

, Ar.Ach.815, Pax1261, Lys.22.22, [dialect] Dor. ὠνασοῦμαι (v. infr.):—in [dialect] Att. usu. with the syllabic augment,

ἐωνούμην Eup.184

, And.1.134,

ἀντ-εωνεῖτο X. Oec.20.26

, etc.: but

ὠνέετο Hdt.3.139

,

ὠνέοντο Id.1.69

,

ὠνούμην Lys. 7.4

codd.,

ἀντ-ωνεῖτο And.1.134

,

ἐξ-ωνεῖτο Aeschin.3.91

: [tense] aor. 1

ἐωνησάμην Plu.Cic.3

;

ὠνησάμην Hp.Ep.17

, Plu.Nic.10, Luc.Herm.81; part.

ὠνησάμενος Plb.4.50.3

, D.H.7.20: ὠνήσασθαι not in Attic inscrr. earlier than IG22.1035.8 (i B. C.), ἐπριάμην being used in [dialect] Att.; ὠνησάμην in the prov.

Χῖος δεσπότην ὠνήσατο Eup.269

: [tense] pf. ἐώνημαι in act. sense, Ar.Pl.7, Lys.7.2 (so [tense] plpf.

ἐώνητο D.37.5

); also as [voice] Pass. (v. infr. 11): [tense] aor. in pass. sense (v. infr. 11) ἐωνήθην; [tense] fut. in pass. sense

ἀπ-ωνηθήσεται Theopomp.Com.84

: this verb is usu. replaced in later Gr. by ἀγοράζω:—buy, purchase, opp.

πωλέω, πιπράσκω; πῶ τις ὦν ὄνον ὠνασεῖται; Sophr.125

; but in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. (which are the tenses most in use), offer to buy, bargain or bid for a thing,

ὄφρ' ἄλλων ὠνῇ κλῆρον Hes.Op.341

; ὠνέεσθαι τῶν φορτίων wished to buy some of their wares, began to bargain for them, Hdt. 1.1; Κροῖσός σφι ὠνεομένοισι ἔδωκε gave it them when they offered to buy, ib.69; τὰς νήσους οὐκ ἐβούλοντο ὠνευμένοισι πωλέειν ib.165, cf. 3.139, 6.121; ὀκτὼ λάβοις ἄν (sc. ὀβολούς); Answ. εἴπερ ὠνεῖ τὸν ἕτερον if you are willing to buy the other fish, Alex.16.10, cf. 78.7;

ὠνεῖσθαι καὶ πωλεῖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl.Lg.741b

;

ὠ. τὰς γυναῖκας παρὰ τῶν γονέων Hdt.5.6

, cf. Pl.Prt.313d, 313e, D.9.48;

ἀπό τινος Ach.Tat. 5.17

: c. dat. pers., buy from . . , Ar.Ach.815, Pax1261; also ὠ. ἐκ Κορίνθου buy goods from Corinth, X.HG7.2.17:

ὠ. ἐξ ἀγορᾶς Id.An. 3.2.21

; metaph., καιρόν, σπονδάς ὠ., Plu.Sert.6, Hdn.6.7.9;

ὠ. μὴ ἀδικεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐμπόρους D.8.25

; c. gen. pretii, buy for so much, Hdt. 5.6, cf. E.Hec.360, X.An.7.6.24; ψυχῆς at the price of life, Heraclit. 85: also c. dat., buy with . . ,

τἄχθιστα τοῖσι φιλτάτοις ὠνούμεθα E.IA 1170

: abs., X.Mem.2.10.4, Ages.1.18: esp. in partic.,

ὠνουμένους ἕξειν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια

by purchase,

Id.An.2.3.27

, cf. 5.5.14, etc.; also ὁ ὠνούμενος the buyer, purchaser,

ὁρῶντος τοῦ ὠνουμένου Id.Eq.3.2

, cf. Plu. Cat.Mi.36; ὁ ἐωνημένος the owner by purchase (of a slave), Ar.Pl.7;

ὁ ὠνησάμενος Plu.2.242d

; ὁ ὠνησόμενος the intending purchaser, Din. 3.10: metaph.,

χάριτας πονηρὰς ὠ. E.Hel.902

;

ὅσα ἄνθρωποι ἄθλων ὠνοῦνται X.Hier.9.11

;

εὔνοιαν παρά τινος D.12.20

;

ὠ. τὰς αὑτῶν ψυχὰς παρὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν Lys.28.9

:—in A.Supp.337 Robortello restored ὄνοιτο.

2 bid for, purchase the farming of public taxes or properties,

λ ταλάντων And.1.134

, Lys.7.2 (in part. [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. with trans. sense);

τέλη παρὰ τῆς πόλεως X.Vect.4.19

, etc.;

ὠ. μέταλλα D.19.293

;

τὸν ἐωνημένον τὴν ἰλὺν ἐκκομίσασθαι IG12.94.20

, cf.

ὠνή 11

.

3 buy off, avert by giving hush-money,

ὠ. τὸν κίνδυνον D.38.20

; τὰ ἐγκλήματα ib.8; ταλάντου τὸ πλημμέλημα (i.e. its penalty)

παρά τινος Luc.Herm.81

.

4 ὠ. τινα to buy a person, of one who bribes, D.18.247;

ὠνεῖται καὶ διαφθείρει τινάς Id.9.45

, cf. Plu.Phil.15.

II sts. used as [voice] Pass., dub. in [tense] pres. since [ὠνούμενά τε καὶ πιπρασκόμενα] is interpol. in Pl.Phd.69b; occasionally in [tense] pf., part.

ἐωνημένος Id.R. 563b

, Is.11.42, D.19.209 (but indic.

ἐώνηνται Anon.

ap. Arist.Rh. 1410a19 is [voice] Act. in sense): [tense] plpf.

ἐώνητο Ar.Pax1182

(troch.); also in [tense] aor.

ἐωνήθην X.Mem.2.7.12

,

ὠνηθῇ Id.Vect.4.19

; part.

ὠνηθείς Is.6.19

, Pl.Sph.224a, Lg.850a.

III [voice] Act. [tense] pf. part. ἐωνηκώς, = ἐωνημένος, Lys.Fr.135S.: [tense] aor. ὠνῆσαι· ἀγοράσαι, Zonar.: [tense] pres. ὠνεῖν· πωλεῖν, ἀπολαύειν, Hsch.: the sense πωλεῖν is Cretan, ὠνῆν τὰ χρήματα they shall sell the property, Leg.Gort.5.47; αἰ δέ τις . . τὸ νόμισμα μὴ λείοι δέκετθαι ἢ καρπῶ ὠνίοι if any one refuses the currency or sells for produce, SIG525.8 (Crete, iii B. C.).