onager

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English onager, onagir (“wild ass; military catapult”), from Anglo-Norman onager, Middle French onager, onagre, Old French onager, onagre (“wild ass; military catapult”) (modern French onagre), from Late Latin onager (“large siege engine”), Latin onager (“wild ass”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), Byzantine Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “large siege engine”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”) (from ᾰ̓γρός (ăgrós, “countryside; field”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives)). The “military engine” sense alludes to the strong recoil of the engine, likened to an onager’s kick; see the 2007 quotation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒnəd͡ʒə/, /-ɡə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑnəd͡ʒɚ/, /ˈɔː-/ Hyphenation: ona‧ger === Noun === onager (plural onagers or onagri) The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager). Synonym: (obsolete) hemionus (military, historical) A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult. Hypernym: catapult Coordinate terms: mangonel, trebuchet ==== Hyponyms ==== (wild ass): khulan, koulan, kulan (Equus hemionus kulan) khur, Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur) chigetai, dziggetai, Mongolian wild ass (Equus hemionus hemionus) hemippe, achdari, Syrian wild ass, Mesopotamian onager, Syrian onager (†Equus hemionus hemippus) ==== Related terms ==== onagga (“dauw or striped quagga”) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “onager”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Gerona, Gorean, Orange, Ragone, groane, orange == Dutch == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin onager, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass, donkey”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oːˈnaː.ɣər/ Hyphenation: ona‧ger Rhymes: -aːɣər === Noun === onager m (plural onagers, no diminutive) onager, Asiatic wild ass, Equus hemionus Synonyms: halfezel, woudezel (historical) onager (Roman torsion catapult) == Latin == === Alternative forms === onagrus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass, donkey”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.na.ɡɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.na.d͡ʒer] === Noun === onager m (genitive onagrī); second declension wild ass; onager onager (type of military engine) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Descendants ==== French: onagre Italian: onagro Portuguese: onagro Spanish: onagro → English: onager ==== See also ==== ballista catapulta ==== Further reading ==== “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 oblique singular, m (oblique plural onagers, nominative singular onagers, nominative plural onager) (clarification of this definition is needed.)onager == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔˈna.ɡɛr/ Rhymes: -aɡɛr Syllabification: o‧na‧ger === Noun === onager m animal onager (the Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager)) Synonyms: dżigitaj, kułan, kułan azjatycki, osioł azjatycki ==== Declension ==== === Noun === onager m inan (military, historical) onager (a military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === onager in Polish dictionaries at PWN onager in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego