ὄναγρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek ὄνος (ónos)
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵr̥yos
Ancient Greek ἄγριος (ágrios)
Ancient Greek ὄναγρος

    From ὄνος (ónos, “ass, donkey”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    ὄνᾰγρος • (ónăgros) m (genitive ὀνᾰ́γρου); second declension

    1. onager, wild ass
    2. kind of catapult

    Inflection

    Second declension of ὁ ὄνᾰγρος; τοῦ ὀνᾰ́γρου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ ὄνᾰγρος
    ho ónăgros     		τὼ ὀνᾰ́γρω
    tṑ onắgrō     		οἱ ὄνᾰγροι
    hoi ónăgroi
    Genitive τοῦ ὀνᾰ́γρου
    toû onắgrou     		τοῖν ὀνᾰ́γροιν
    toîn onắgroin     		τῶν ὀνᾰ́γρων
    tôn onắgrōn
    Dative τῷ ὀνᾰ́γρῳ
    tōî onắgrōi     		τοῖν ὀνᾰ́γροιν
    toîn onắgroin     		τοῖς ὀνᾰ́γροις
    toîs onắgrois
    Accusative τὸν ὄνᾰγρον
    tòn ónăgron     		τὼ ὀνᾰ́γρω
    tṑ onắgrō     		τοὺς ὀνᾰ́γρους
    toùs onắgrous
    Vocative ὄνᾰγρε
    ónăgre     		ὀνᾰ́γρω
    onắgrō     		ὄνᾰγροι
    ónăgroi
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    • ὀνάγρα (onágra)
    • ὀνάγρινος (onágrinos)
    • ὀνάγριον (onágrion)
    • ὀναγρόβοτος (onagróbotos)

    Descendants

    • Greek: όναγρος (ónagros)
    • → Albanian: onagër
    • → Latin: onager

    Further reading

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