onager

ŏnăger and ŏnā̆grus, i, m., = ὄναγρος,

• a wild ass, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 3; cf. Col. 6, 37, 3; Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 174: timidi, Verg. G. 3, 409: pulcher, Mart. 13, 100, 1; Vulg. Psa. 103, 11; id. Osee, 8, 9.—
• II Transf., a military engine for discharging large stones, Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Amm.23, 4, 4.

onager u. onagrus, ī, m. (ὄναγρος), I) der wilde Esel, Waldesel (rein lat. asinus ferus, s. Amm. 23, 4, 7), Nomin. gew. onager, Cels. 2, 18. p. 64, 20 D. Mart. 13, 97, 1 u. 100, 1. Vulg. Iob 6, 5 u. Sirach. 13, 23. Ven. Fort. carm. 7, 4, 22: Nom. Plur. onagri, Cic. ad Att. 6, 1, 25: Nomin. onagrus, Varro r. r. 2, 6, 3: andere Kasus, Verg. georg. 3, 409. Plin. 8, 170 u. 174 sq. Capit. Gord. 33, 1: zur Maultierzucht gebraucht, Colum. 6, 37, 3. Petron. 38, 4: onagrorum est mugilare, Suet. fr. 161. p. 248, 2 R. (vgl. Anthol. Lat. 762, 53 R. = 233, 53 M.). – II) (onager) übtr., eine Kriegsmaschine, mit der Steine abgeschossen wurden, Veget. mil. 2, 10; 4, 22 u.a. Amm. 23, 4, 7.

onager, ~rus [CL] 1 wild ass; b (w ref. to Job xi 12 as type of indiscipline); c (as adj. or in apposition). ~ri vagillant Aldh. PR 131; onocentauri corpora hominum rationabilia habere videntur usque ad umbilicum et inferior pars corporis in ~rorum setosa turpitudine describitur Lib. Monstr. I 10; ~er est silvestris asinus Gosc. Lib. Confort. 89; cervum, capreolum, ‥ ~rum et cetera hujus generis J. Sal. Pol. 412C; dum petit abruptas onager rupes fugiendo / hostem, vexat eum vix toleranda sitis Neckam DS IX 147; onager [gl.: asinus silvestris], ‥ hic ~er, A. a wyld has WW.  b 1281 exempti ‥ tanquam pullos ~ri liberos se putantes Peckham Ep. 197.  c Numidia ‥ equos ~ros procreat Eul. Hist. II 43. 2 aurochs or elk. ~ri ‥ cum incredibilibus quibusdam prodigiis boum cornua habentes et magnis describuntur corporibus Lib. Monstr. II 3; apud Poloniam frequens ~rorum est venatio, quorum eadem fere est natura que et asinorum. sunt enim asini sylvestres, cornua habentes ad modum damarum, melancholice complexionis, dum siccitatem habent innatam, et sitibundi sunt Gerv. Tilb. III 66. 3 mil. engine that hurls missiles. ingentes trabes ‥ ad illorum tegenda contubernia tolerandos et ~rorum ingentes, et creberrimos ictus . ‥ creberrima ~ris jactata saxa testudines ‥ conterebant Liv. Hen. V 22a.

ŏnăgĕr, (15) Cels. , Mart. , et -grus, Varro ī, m. , ¶ 1 onagre, âne sauvage : Varro R. 2, 6, 3 ; Cels. Med. 2, 18 ; Mart. 13, 97, 1 ¶ 2 machine de guerre qui lançait des pierres : Veg. Mil. 2, 10 ; Amm. 23, 4, 7.

onager , gri. m.
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onager ī, m

• , ὄναγρος, a wild ass, V.

Onăger

A catapult for hurling stones. See tormentum.