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ὦνος

onos

price paid

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὦνος, ὁ, A. price paid for a thing, ὁ δʼ ἄξιον ὦνον ἔδωκε Od. 15.388, cf. Il. 21.41; ἄσπετον ὦνον ἕλοιτο Od. 14.297; ὁ δʼ ὑμῖν μυρίον ὦνον ἄλφοι 15.452; the person or thing bought being in gen., Λυκάονος ὦνον ἔδωκε for Lycaon, Il. 23.746, cf. Theoc. 1.58, Inscr.Delos 502A 17 (iii B. C.). II. purchase, ἐπείγετε δʼ ὦνον ὁδαίων Od. 15.445. III. articles of traffic, ὦνον ἀμείβονται βιοτήσιον A.R. 2.1006, cf. D.P. 1106. (Cf. Skt. vasnás ‘price bid’, vasnám ‘wage’, Lat. vēnum (fr. *vèsnom, this fr. *vǒsnom); ὦνος and ὠνή from *wǒsnos, *wǒsnā, cf. Aeol. ὄννα.)
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