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ᾠόν

oon

egg

Appears 276 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ᾠόν, τό, old poet. forms ὤεον, ὤιον, v. sub fin.:—A. egg, τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] Hdt. 2.68; ᾠὰ χήνεια Eriph. 7; of all birds, Arist. HA 559a15; but mostly of hens’ eggs, Ar. Lys. 856, Fr. 185, etc.; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, Arist. HA 559a18; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, Hp. Mul. 2.171, Ath. 9.376d; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled eggs, Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 53; ἑφθά, ὠμά, Thphr. Vert. 2; ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν Nicom.Com. 3; καταπίνειν Antiph. 140.5; ᾠὰ κολάπτειν Anaxil. 18.4(anap.); ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile eggs, opp. ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, Arist. GA 730a6,20; also ᾠὰ πλήρη Id. Mete. 359a14; ᾠὸν τέλειον, opp. ἀτελές, Id. GA 718b23,24; ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον, wind-egg, Arar. 6, Arist. HA 560a6; σμύρνης ᾠ. lump, Hdt. 2.73; ὁ Χρόνος ἐγέννησεν ᾠόν Orph. Fr. 54, al., cf. Epimenid. 5: metaph., ᾠὸν ἅπας γέγονεν he has become bald as an egg, AP 11.398 (Nicias). 2. of the eggs or spawn of fish, Hdt. 2.93; τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι Arist. HA 567b22, cf. 525a7; of serpents, ib.558a26; of tortoises, ib.558a4. 3. of plants, seed, Id. GA 731a6; cf. ᾠοτοκέω 2. 4. cupping-glass, τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντα καὶ σύστομα Hero Spir. 1Prooem.: egg-shaped cup, Dinon 14. The word has the foll. forms: Att. ᾠόν (- ⏑), confirmed by Inscrr. ὠιῶν IGΙΙ(2).224 A 11,12 (Delos, iii B. C.), Papyri (ὠιὰ χήνεα PCair.Zen. 130.26 (iii B. C.)), and later Mss.; Aeol. ὤιον, gen. ὠίω (_⏑⏓), Sapph. 56, 112; ὤεον lbyc.16, Semon. 11, Call. Epigr. 6.10, Nic. Th. 192, Arat. 956; ὤβεον is Argive acc. to Hsch. (i.e. ὤϝεον) ; ᾠόν oxyt. acc. to Theognost. Can. 130; ὤεον proparox., ib.121. The form ὠόν, which Lat. ovum would lead us to expect, is found only in late texts (LXX De. 22.6, Ev.Luc. 11.12, etc.) and is due to loss of the ι in ii B. C.; cogn. with Lat. ovum, OHGei, ONorse egg (prim. Germanic aiia-), whence Engl. egg.

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