onager

See also: onagër

English

Onagers

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman onager, Old French onager (“wild ass; siege engine”), from Latin onager (“wild ass”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒnədʒə/, /ˈɒnəɡə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔːnədʒɚ/

Noun

onager (plural onagers or onagri)

  1. A wild ass, Equus hemionus, especially the koulan.
  2. (military, historical) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.

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Latin

Alternative forms

  • onagrus

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.na.ɡer/, [ˈɔ.na.ɡɛr]

Noun

onager m (genitive onagrī); second declension

  1. wild ass; onager
  2. onager (type of military engine)

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
nominative onager onagrī
genitive onagrī onagrōrum
dative onagrō onagrīs
accusative onagrum onagrōs
ablative onagrō onagrīs
vocative onager1 onagrī

1May also be onagre.

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Descendants

References

  • onager in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • onager in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • onager in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • onager in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old French

Etymology

From Latin onager.

Noun

onager m (oblique plural onagers, nominative singular onagers, nominative plural onager)

  1. onager
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