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ὅνυ

onu

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What it meant

1. ὄνυ · ony — Chantraine

ὄνυ : π., g." γόνατος, ép. et ion. γούνάξος (Ηοπι.; Hdt.) de yovFaroc, Hom. a aussi youvéc, οἷς, ; Alc. a des formes γόνα, γόνων, mais les gramm. anciens attribuent à l'éol. des formes γόννα, γόννων, dat. γόννοις (Théoc. 30,18). Sens : «genou » avec l'emploi dans des formules diverses : λαβεῖν γούνων, d'un suppliant ; sur l'expression δεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται Il, Od.) «cela dépend des dieux», p.-ê. d'après les … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄνυ, p. 246]

2. ὅνυ · hony — LSJ

Arc. and Cypr. for ὅδε, declined like ὁ with addition of -νυ, nom. sg. masc. ὅνυ Inscr.Cypr. 141 H., acc. τόνυ ib. 140H., dat. τῷνυ Schwyzer 664.11 (Orchom. Arc., iv B. C.), acc. pl. neut. τάνυ IG 5(2).3.14 (Tegea, iv B. C.), gen. τῶννυ SIG 306.59 (ibid., iv B. C.), IG 5(2).262.23 (Mantinea, v B. C.), dat. pl. fem. ταῖννυ SIG 306.30 ; also, with -νυν for -νυ, acc. sg. fem. τάννυν, acc. pl. masc. τόσνυν, ib. 559.48, 49 (Megalopolis, found at Magn. Mae., iii B. C.).

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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