ὄναγρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄνος (ónos, “ass, donkey”) +‎ ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄνᾰγρος • (ónăgros) m (genitive ὀνᾰ́γρου); second declension

  1. onager, wild ass
  2. kind of catapult

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὄνᾰγρος; τοῦ ὀνᾰ́γρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὄνᾰγρος
ho ónăgros 		τὼ ὀνᾰ́γρω
tṑ onắgrō 		οἱ ὄνᾰγροι
hoi ónăgroi
Genitive τοῦ ὀνᾰ́γρου
toû onắgrou 		τοῖν ὀνᾰ́γροιν
toîn onắgroin 		τῶν ὀνᾰ́γρων
tôn onắgrōn
Dative τῷ ὀνᾰ́γρῳ
tōî onắgrōi 		τοῖν ὀνᾰ́γροιν
toîn onắgroin 		τοῖς ὀνᾰ́γροις
toîs onắgrois
Accusative τὸν ὄνᾰγρον
tòn ónăgron 		τὼ ὀνᾰ́γρω
tṑ onắgrō 		τοὺς ὀνᾰ́γρους
toùs onắgrous
Vocative ὄνᾰγρε
ónăgre 		ὀνᾰ́γρω
onắgrō 		ὄνᾰγροι
ónăgroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ὀνάγρα (onágra)
  • ὀνάγρινος (onágrinos)
  • ὀνάγριον (onágrion)
  • ὀναγρόβοτος (onagróbotos)

Descendants

  • Greek: όναγρος (ónagros)
  • → Albanian: onagër
  • → Latin: onager

Further reading

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