ὀνάριον, ὀναριου, τό (diminutive of ὄνος; cf. (Winer's Grammar, 24 and) γιναικαριον), a little ass: Joh_12:14. (Machon quoted in Athen. 13, p. 582 c.; (Epictetus diss. 2, 24, 18).)

ὀνάριον onarion 1x a young donkey, a donkey s colt, Joh_12:14

* ὀνάριον , -ου , τό (dimin. of ὄνος ), a young ass: Joh_12:14 .†

ὀνάριον [page 450] This conversational diminutive ( Joh_12:14 ) may be illustrated from P Oxy I. 63 .11 (ii/iii A.D.) τοὺς δειγματοάρτας καθ᾽ αὑτὸν ἀναπέμψαι πρὸς ζυγοστα [σ ]ίαν λαβόντα παρὰ τῶν ἀρχεφόδων ὀνάριον , send up the inspectors yourself to the examination, gelling a donkey from the chiefs of the police (Edd.) : c. the double diminutive in P Ryl II. 239 .21 (mid. iii/A.D.) πανταχόθεν ἴδε αὐτ̣ῷ μικρο̣, ν̣ ὁ̣̓ν̣αρίδιον , look out everywhere for a small donkey for him (Edd.). The word appears as a diminutive of ὄνος in its less usual sense of wine-cup in P Giss I. 47 .17 (time of Hadrian) τὸ ὀνάριον τὸ χαλκοῦν , BGU I. 248 .26 (ii/A.D.) ὀνάριον ὑπὸ τρίχωρο (ν ) οἴνου .

ὀνάριον, -ου, τό (dimin. of ὄνος), a young ass: Jhn.12:14.† (AS)