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ὄνησις

onesis

use, profit, advantage

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὄνησις, εως, Dor., etc. ὄνᾱσις, ιος, ἡ, (ὀνίνημι) A. use, profit, advantage, Od. 21.402 ; ὄ. τισί [ἐστί] τι S. Ant. 616 (lyr.) ; ἐπʼ ὄνασιν ἐμοί for a delight to me, Alc. 46 (v.l. ἐπόνασιν) ; εἰς ὄ. ἀνθρώπων S. Aj. 400 (lyr.) ; ὄνησιν ἔχειν bring advantage, E. Med. 618, etc. : c. gen., enjoyment of a thing, profit or delight from it, A. Ag. 350, E. Hec. 1231 ; ὄνησιν ἔχειν τινός Pl. Sph. 230d ; ἀπὸ [τῶν βιβλίων] ὄ. ἕξεις POxy. 531.12 (ii A. D.) ; ὄ. εὑρεῖν ἀπό τινος S. El. 1061 (lyr.) ; οὐδέ σφιν ἀρχῆς τῆσδε . . ὄ. ἥξει Id. OC 452 ; γένοιτό σοι τέκνων ὄ. Philem. 156, cf. SIG 526.40 (Itanos, iii B. C.) ; βίου ὄ. Herod. 7.34 ; φέρειν ὄ. ἀστοῖς S. OC 288 ; τί γὰρ ἡ σὴ δεινότης εἰς ὄ. ἥκει τῇ πατρίδι ; D. 18.242 ; φορᾶς ὄ., as etym. of φρόνησις, Pl. Cra. 411d.
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