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ὄνομαι

onomai

blame, find fault with, treat scornfully

Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄνομαι, 2sg. ὄνοσαι Od. 17.378 ; Ep. 2pl. οὔνεσθε (Aristarch. ὀνόσασθε, Buttm. and Pap. οὔνοσθε) Il. 24.241 ; 3pl. ὄνονται Od. 21.427, Hdt. 2.167 ; opt. ὄνοιτο Il. 13.287 : impf. 3pl. ὤνοντο (κατ-) Hdt. 2.172 : Ep. fut. ὀνόσσομαι Il. 9.55, Od. 5.379 : aor. ὠνοσάμην Il. 14.95 ; Ep. part. ὀνοσσάμενος 24.439 : also Ep. aor. 3sg. ὤνατο 17.25 ; and Pass. ὠνόσθην (κατ-) Hdt. 2.136 ; cf. ὀνοστός, ὀνοτός :—A. blame, find fault with, treat scornfully, c. acc., νῦν δέ σευ ὠνοσάμην πάγχυ φρένας Il. 14.95 ; οὔ τίς τοι τὸν μῦθον ὀνόσσεται 9.55 ; οὐδέ κεν . . μένος καὶ χεῖρας ὄνοιτο 13.287 ; ὡς ἂν σὴν ἀρετὴν . . οὔ τις ὄνοιτο Od. 8.239 : folld. by a relat., ἦ οὔνεσθʼ ὅτι μοι . . Ζεὺς ἄλγεʼ ἔδωκεν; do ye think it a light thing that . . ? (others wrongly refer it to ὀνίνημι, is it to your profit that . . ?), Il. 24.241 ; ἦ ὄνοσαι ὅτι τοι βίοτον κατέδουσιν ἄνακτος ; Od. 17.378: c. gen., οὐδʼ ὧς σε ἔολπα ὀνόσσεσθαι κακότητος for all that, I think thou wilt not quarrel with thy ill-luck (i.e. deem it too light), 5.379 : Ep. Verb, once in Hdt. (cf. κατόνομαι), ὄ. τινά throw a slur upon, 2.167.—In AP 7.484 (Diosc.) v.l. for ὀνίνημι (q.v.).
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