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ὄνειαρ

oneiar

utility, value, help, refreshment

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1. ὄνειαρ · oneiar — Beekes

ὄνειαρ, -atos [n.] ‘utility, value, help, refreshment’; plur. -ata ‘refreshments, foods, valuables, gifts’ (Il.). 41ὲ *h,neh,- ‘help, be useful’> eETYM False writing for ὄνη(ξ)αρ < *6va-fap, a verbal noun of » ὀνίνημι; perhaps influenced by ἀλείατα (s.v. » ἀλέω), εἶδαρ (s.v. » E5w), etc. — [Beekes, s.v. ὄνειαρ, p. 1133]

2. ὄνειαρ · oneiar — Frisk

ὄνειαρ, -aroc, pl. -ara n. “Nutzen, Wert, Hilfe, Erquickung’, pl. “Erquickungen, Speisen, Wertsachen, Geschenke’ (ep. poet. seit Il.). — Falsche Schreibung für övn-(F)Jag < *öväaἔαρ. Verbalnomen von ὀνένημι (s.d.); vgl. ἀλείατα (s. ἀλέω), εἶδαρ (Ss. ἔδω) u.a.m. (Schwyzer 519£.). — [Frisk, s.v. ὄνειαρ, p. 1366]

3. ὄνειαρ · oneiar — LSJ

that which brings profit, advantage, boon

that which brings profit, advantage, Il. 22.486, Hes. Op. 822, etc. ; μέγα στιβάδεσσιν ὄνειαρ boon for leafy couches, Theoc. 13.34.

2 means of strengthening, refreshment

means of strengthening, refreshment, Od. 4.444, 15.78, Hes. Op. 41.

3 food, victuals, rich presents

in pl. ὀνείᾰτα, food, victuals, freq. in Hom. (esp. Od.) in the line οἱ δʼ ἐπʼ ὀνείαθʼ ἑτοῖμα προκείμενα χεῖρας ἴαλλον Od. 1.149. al. ; also of rich presents, τοσσάδʼ ὀνείατʼ ἄγων Il. 24.367.

4

of persons, πᾶσιν ὄ., of Hector, 22.433 ; πῆμα κακὸς γείτων, ὅσσον τʼ ἀγαθὸς μέγʼ ὄ. Hes. Op. 346 ; ἀθανάτοις θνητοῖσί τʼ ὄνεαρ (-εα- syniz.) καὶ χάρμα τέτυκται, of Demeter, h.Cer. 269 (cj. Ilgen, for ὄνειαρ).

II dream

for ὄναρ (v. ὄναρ I.1 fin., ὄνειρος I), dream, τοὐμὸν ὄ. ἐμοί Call. Epigr. 49, cf. AP 7.42. (The true spelling in early Ion. is prob. ὄνηαρ, which is called Aeol. by Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.245 : hence later Ion. ὀνέᾱρ : prob. from *ὀνᾱϝαρ, cf. ὀνίνημι.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄνειαρ (scan p. 1133; entry #4571).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄνειαρ (scan p. 1366; entry #4272).

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