ὄνειαρ
oneiar
that which brings profit, advantage
Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὄνειαρ, ᾰτος, τό (later perh. ὄνεαρ disyll., v. infr. 1.4), Ep. word, A. that which brings profit, advantage, Il. 22.486, Op. 822, etc. ; μέγα στιβάδεσσιν ὄνειαρ boon for leafy couches, 13.34. 2. means of strengthening, refreshment, Od. 4.444, 15.78, Op. 41. 3. in pl. ὀνείᾰτα, food, victuals, freq. in (esp. Od.) in the line οἱ δʼ ἐπʼ ὀνείαθʼ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα χεῖρας ἴαλλον Od. 1.149. al. ; also of rich presents, τοσσάδʼ ὀνείατʼ ἄγων Il. 24.367. 4. of persons, πᾶσιν ὄ., of Hector, 22.433 ; πῆμα κακὸς γείτων, ὅσσον τʼ ἀγαθὸς μέγʼ ὄ. Op. 346 ; ἀθανάτοις θνητοῖσί τʼ ὄνεαρ (-εα- syniz.) καὶ χάρμα τέτυκται, of Demeter, h.Cer. 269 (cj. Ilgen, for ὄνειαρ). II. for ὄναρ (v. ὄναρ I.1 fin., ὄνειρος I), dream, τοὐμὸν ὄ. ἐμοί Epigr. 49, cf. AP 7.42. (The true spelling in early Ion. is prob. ὄνηαρ, which is called Aeol. by in An.Ox. 2.245 : hence later Ion. ὀνέᾱρ : prob. from *ὀνᾱϝαρ, cf. ὀνίνημι.)
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