ὄνειρος

ὄνειρος, ὁ, or -ὄνειρον, τό, the masc. form freq. in Hom., also in Pi. P. 4.163, Hdt. 1.34,7.16.βʼ, E. IT 569 : acc. pl. ὀνείρους Perdrizet-Lefèbvre Les graffites grecs du Memnonion dʼAbydos No.528 : the neut. in Od. 4.841, Hdt. 7.14,15, A. Ch. 541, 550, S. El. 1390 (lyr.), E. HF 517 ; and in prov., τοὐμὸν ὄ. ἐμοί ‘you are telling me what I know already’, Call. Epigr. 34, Cic. Att. 6.9.3 (cf. ὄναρ I.1, ὄνειαρ II) : the forms ὀνείρου -ῳ -ων -οις leave the gender doubtful : pl. ὄνειρα E. HF 518, AP 9.234 (Crin.) ; but the form ὀνείρατα (as if from ὄνειραρ, EM 47.53) is more freq. in nom. and acc., Od. 20.87, etc. : also gen. ὀνειράτων Hdt. 1.120, A. Pr. 485, al., S. El. 481 (lyr.) : dat. -ασι A. Pr. 655, Pers. 176, S. OT 981, E. Alc. 354 : gen. sg. -ατος Pl. Tht. 201d ; dat. sg. ἐν τὠνείρατι A. Ch. 531 :—A. dream, Il. 2.80, al. ; ὄνειρον ὑποκρίνεσθαι, v. ὑποκρίνω B. I.2 ; θέρμετε δʼ ὕδωρ, ὡς ἂν θεῖον ὄ. ἀποκλύσω Ar. Ra. 1340. 2. as pr. n. dream personified, Il. 2.6 sqq. : also in pl., δῆμος ὀνείρων Od. 24.12, cf. Hes. Th. 212. 3. in similes or metaphors, of anything unreal or fleeting, σκιῇ εἴκελον ἢ καὶ ὀ. Od. 11.207, cf. 222 ; τοῦ ποτε μεμνήσεσθαι ὀΐομαι ἔν περ ὀ. if only in a dream, 19.581 ; σμικρὰ ὀνείρατα λέλειπται faint and shadowy traces, Pl. Lg. 695c ; ὄνειρα ἀφένοιο dreams of wealth, APl.c. (Cf. ὄνοιρος.)