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Onocoëtes

Onocoëtes · m

he who lies in an ass's manger

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What it meant

ŏnŏcoetes — Lewis & Short

ŏnŏcoetes, ae, m., = *)onokoiths,

I he who lies in an ass's manger, a mocking epithet applied by the heathen to Christ, Tert. Apol. 16; cf. id. ad Nat. 1, 14 (al. ŏnŏnўchītes, ae, m., = *)ononuxi/ths, he who has an ass's hoof, likewise applied to Christ).

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