ὄνωνις

ὄνωνις or ὀνωνίς, ιδος, ἡ,

• rest-harrow, Ononis antiquorum, Thphr. HP 6.1.3, Dsc. 3.131; τρηχεῖαν ὄνωνιν Supp.Hell. fr. 1138 (ap. Plu. Aud. 2.44e, al., v.l. ἄνωνιν): metaph., ἐς [τὴν] πόλιν ἄξεις τήνδε τὴν ὀνώνιδα this troublesome weed (perh. with a play on ὄνος), Com.Adesp. 438.