G3678: ὀνάριον (onárion)

G3678 ὀνάριον (onárion)

Greek

Quick Definition

ὀνάριον, ου, τό n.n. a young ass

Strong's Definition

neuter of a presumed derivative of 3688; a little ass

KJV Usage: young ass

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὀνάριον (G3678)

noun, n. | -ου | ὄνος

4.33 · Animals · Animals

foal, colt the young of a donkey ὄνος As in the case of ὄνος ‘donkey’ (4.31), a number of languages make a distinction either in form or in terms for the young of a donkey based upon distinctions in sex.

JHN 12:14

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὀνάριον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of ὄνος ; ef. [W. 24 and] yvatxaptov), a little ass: Jn. xii. 14. (Machon ap. Athen. 13 p. 582¢.; [Epictet. diss. 2, 24, 18].)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὀνάριον onarion 1x

a young donkey, a donkey’s colt, Jn. 12:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ὀνάριον, -ου, τό

(dimin. of ὄνος),

a young ass: Jo 12:14.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὀνάριον. This conversational diminutive (Jn 1215) may be illustrated αὑτὸν ἀναπέμψαι πρὸς ζυγοστα[σ]ίαν λαβόντα παρὰ τῶν ἀρχεφόδων ὀνάριον, ‘send up the inspectors yourself to the examination, getting a donkey from the chiefs of the police” > Ud OVLKOS (Edd.): cf. the double diminutive in P Ryl 11. 2305} (mid. ili/A.D.) πανταχόθεν ἴδε αὐτῷ μικρὸν ὀναρίδιον, ‘look out everywhere for a small donkey for him’’ (Edd.), The word appears as a diminutive of ὄνος in its less usual sense of ‘‘wine-cup” in P Giss I. 4717 (time of Hadrian) τὸ ὀνάριον τὸ χαλκοῦν, BGU I. 2486 (ii/a.p.) ὀνάριον ὑπὸ tpixwpo(v) οἴνου.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὀνάριον (onarion) — young donkey. ὀνάρ-ιον, τό, diminutive of ὄνος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a bronze figure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]