About Report a problem

Menu

ὄνησις

ὄνησις, use, profit, advantage, good luck

ὄνησις, εως, Dor., etc. ὄνᾱσις, ιος, ἡ, (ὀνίνημι)
  • 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.

Saved

Recent