ᾠόν

egg, τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] Hdt. 2.68; ᾠὰ χήνεια Eriph. 7; of all birds, Arist. HA 559a15; but mostly of hens’ eggs, Ar. Lys. 856, Fr. 185, etc.; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, Arist. HA 559a18; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, Hp. Mul. 2.171, Ath. 9.376d; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled eggs, Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 53; ἑφθά, ὠμά, Thphr. Vert. 2; ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν Nicom.Com. 3; καταπίνειν Antiph. 140.5; ᾠὰ κολάπτειν Anaxil. 18.4 (anap.); ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile eggs, opp. ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, Arist. GA 730a6, 20; also ᾠ

of the eggs or spawn of fish, Hdt. 2.93; τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι Arist. HA 567b22, cf. 525a7; of serpents, ib. 558a26; of tortoises, ib. 558a4.

of plants, seed, Id. GA 731a6; cf. ᾠοτοκέω 2.

cupping-glass, τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντα καὶ σύστομα Hero Spir. 1 Prooem.: egg-shaped cup, Dinon 14. The word has the foll. forms: Att. ᾠόν (- ⏑), confirmed by Inscrr. ὠιῶν IG ΙΙ(2).224 A 11,12 (Delos, iii B. C.), Papyri (ὠιὰ χήνεα PCair.Zen. 130.26 (iii B. C.)), and later Mss.; Aeol. ὤιον, gen. ὠίω (_⏑⏓), Sapph. 56, 112; ὤεον lbyc.16, Semon. 11, Call. Epigr. 6.10, Nic. Th. 192, Arat. 956; ὤβεον is Argive acc. to Hsch. (i.e. ὤϝεον) ; ᾠόν oxyt. acc. to Theognost. Can. 130; ὤεον proparox., ib. 121

= ὑπερῷον, Laced. word, Clearch. 41, Sch.T Il. 16.184.