ὄνος, ὄνου, ὁ, ἡ (from Homer down), the Sept. for ηΒξεψ and ΰΘϊεο, an ass: Luk_14:5 Rec.; Mat_21:5; Joh_12:15; ὁ, Luk_13:15; ἡ, Mat_21:2; Mat_21:7.

ὄνος onos 5x donkey, ass, male or female, Mat_21:2 ; Mat_21:5 ; Mat_21:7

ὄνος , -ου , ὁ , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H2543 , also for H860 , etc.;] an ass: Mat_21:2 ; Mat_21:5 ( LXX ), Luk_14:5 , Joh_12:15 ( LXX ); ὁ , Luk_13:15 ; ἡ , Mat_21:7 .†

ὄνος [page 452] The following may serve as exx. of this common word, probably borrowed, like Lat. asinus , from some Asiatic language (Boisacq, p. 705) P Petr III. 140 ( a ) .2 (iii/B.C.) ἀπ [οστεῖ ]λόν μοι τὴν ὄνον , P Grenf II. 14 (b) .5 f. (B.C. 225) (= Chrest. I. p. 489 ) συνκεχρήμε̣[θ ]α δ̣ὲ ὄνους βαδιστὰς (see s.v. βαδίζω ) πέντε . . . ἑτοιμάκαμεν δὲ καὶ τοὺς τεσσαράκοντα ὄνους [τοὺς σ ]κ̣[ε ]υ̣οφόρους , P Ryl II. 142 .20 (A.D. 37) ἤροσαν διὰ ὄνων εἰς λόγο (ν ) δεσχ (= μ )ῶ (ν ) ἑξακοσίων , they carried off by means of donkeys a matter of six hundred bundles (Edd.), ib. 145 .16 (A.D. 38) ἀφήρπασεν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὄνον θήλειαν , be robbed him of a female donkey (Edd.), P Lond II. 331 .16 f. (A.D. 165) (= II. p. 154, Chrest. I. p. 575 ) δώσ [ο ]μεν ἔτι καταβαίνοντι ὄνους τέσσαρας καὶ ἀναβαίνοντι τοὺς ἴσους , we shall give him for the down journey four asses, and for the up journey the same number, P Oxy VI. 932 .8 (late ii/A.D.) ἐὰν δύνῃ ἀναβῆναι ἵνα ἐπιγνοῖς (cf. Luk_1:4 ΰ *) τὸν ὄνον , if you can go up to find out the ass, do so (Edd.), and ib. I. 112 .6 (iii/iv A.D.) δήλωσόν μοι ἢ πλοίῳ ἐξέρχ [ει ] ἢ ὄνῳ , let me know whether you are coming by boat or by donkey, a good ex. of the instrumental dat. In P Fay 67 .2 (A.D. 80) (πυροῦ ) ὄνους τρεῖς , ὄνους = donkey-loads : cf. BGU II. 362 i. 6 (A.D. 215) ὄν ]ων γ̄ ὑπὸ δένδρα , three asses laden with trees a rare instance of Coptic syntactical influence found in the papyri (cf. s.v. ὀστέον , and see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 20). In Herodas vi. 83 ὁ ὄνος = the grindstone : cf. μύλος ὀνικός ( Mat_18:6 , Mar_9:42 ). On the δίπλωμα ὄνων , see Ostr. i. p. 360 f. For ὀνηλάτης cf. P Fay 119 .3 ( c. A.D. 100), and for ὀνηλάσιον cf. P Ryl II. 183 ( a ) .2 (A.D. 16). See also s.v. βαδίζω .

ὄνος ὄνος, ὁ, ἡ, "an ass", Il. , Hdt. , etc.:—proverb., περὶ ὄνου σκιᾶς for "an ass's" shadow, i. e. for nothing at all, Lat. de lana caprina, Ar. , Plat. ὄνου πόκαι or πόκες, v. πόκος II. ἀπ᾽ ὄνου πεσεῖν, of one who gets into a scrape by his own clumsiness, with a pun on ἀπὸ νοῦ πεσεῖν, Ar. ὄνος ἄγων μυστήρια, of one heavily laden, id=Ar. ὄνου ὑβριστότερος, of brutality, Xen. ὄνου ὦτα λαβεῖν, like Midas, Ar. ὄνων φάτνη a luminous appearance between the ὄνοι (two stars in the breast of the Crab), Lat. praesepe, Theocr. from "the ass as a beast of burden", "a windlass, pulley", Hdt. "the upper millstone", ὄνος ἀλέτης Xen. :—so, μύλος ὀνικός NTest. "a beaker, wine-cup", Ar.

ὄνος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for חֲמוֹר, also for אָתוֹן, etc. ;] an ass: Mat.21:2, 5" (LXX), Luk.14:5, Jhn.12:15" (LXX) ; ὁ, Luk.13:15; ἡ, Mat.21:7 .† (AS)