ὦνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wosno-, thematicization of *wósn̥ (price). Cognates include Sanskrit वस्न (vasná, price), Latin vēnum (something for sale), and Old Armenian գին (gin, price).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὦνος • (ônosm (genitive ὤνου); second declension

  1. price (cost required to gain possession of something)
    Synonyms: τῑμή (tīmḗ), ὠνή (ōnḗ), ἀξίᾱ (axíā), τῖμος (tîmos)

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὦνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1680

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