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† oenŏthēra, ae, f., or oenŏthēris, ĭdis, f., = οινοθήρα or οἰνοθηρίς (also ŏnŏ-thēra, onŏthūris), a plant, the juice of which, drunk in wine, produces sleep: onothera, sive onear, hilaritatem afferens in vino, Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 111; acc. onothurim, id. 24, 17. 102, § 167; 26, 14, 87, § 146.

† ŏnăger and ŏnā̆grus, i, m., = ὄναγρος,

  1. I. a wild ass, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 3; cf. Col. 6, 37, 3; Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 174: timidi, Verg. G. 3, 409: pulcher, Mart. 13, 100, 1; Vulg. Psa. 103, 11; id. Osee, 8, 9.
  2. II. Transf., a military engine for discharging large stones, Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 4.

ŏnāgos, i, m., = ὄναγος, an ass-driver, Plaut. As. prol. 10.

Onchesmītes, ae, m., = Ὀγχησμίτης, a wind blowing from Onchesmus (Ὀγχησμός), a harbor of Epirus, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 1.

Onchestĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Onchestus, in Bœotia, Ov. M. 10, 605.

1. Onchestus, i, f., a city of Bœotia; v. Onchestius.

2. Onchestus, i, m., a river in Thessaly, Liv. 33, 6.

onco, āre, v. n., to bray, like an ass: oncat asellus, Auct. Carm. Philom. 55.

† oncōma, ătis, n., = ὄγκωμα, a tumor (post-class.), Veg. Vet. 2, 30.

ŏnēar, ătis, n. [ὄνειαρ, refreshment], a plant, the same with the onotheras, q. v., Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 111.

ŏnĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [onus], of or belonging to burden, transport, or carriage; that bears a burden, carries freight (class.): jumenta, beasts of burden, Liv. 41, 4: navis, a ship of burden, Sisenn. ap. Non. 536, 5 (opp. actuaria); Caes. B. G. 4, 22; 25 al.; Liv. 22, 11, 6.
Also subst.: ŏnĕrārĭa, ae, f., a ship of burden, a merchant-vessel, a transport, Cic. Att. 10, 12, 2.

ŏnĕrātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from onero.

ŏnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [onus].

  1. I. To load, lade, burden, freight with any thing (class.).
    1. A. Lit.: navim magnam multis mercibus, Plaut. Men. prol. 25: naves, ad celeritatem onerandi subductionesque, paulo facit humiliores, for loading expeditiously, Caes. B. G. 5, 1: jumenta, Sall. J. 75, 6: naves commeatu, etc., id. ib. 86, 1: costas aselli pomis, Verg. G. 1, 274: tauri cervix oneratur aratro, is loaded, burdened, Ov. A. A. 1, 19: aures lapillis, id. ib. 3, 129; cf.: umerum pallio, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4: ventrem, to load, fill, Sall. Or. Rep. Ord. 1: epulis onerari, to overload, gorge one’s self, Ov. P. 1, 10, 31: vino et epulis onerati, Sall. J. 76, 6: cibus, qui in aegritudine alat neque oneret, without oppressing the stomach, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 48: vaccas, to cause them to be covered, Pall. 8, 4.
      1. 2. Transf., in gen., to load, cover (poet.): dapibus mensas onerare, to cover, Verg. G. 4, 133: manusque ambas jaculis oneravit acutis, id. A. 10, 868: jaculo palmas oneravit acuto, i. e. armed, id. ib. 11, 574 (but armavit is the better read.; v. Forbig. ad loc.): membra sepulcro, id. ib. 10, 558; cf.: ossa aggere terrae, id. ib. 11, 212: aliquem saxis, to stone, Phaedr. 3, 2, 4.
    2. B. Trop., to load, burden, weary; to oppress, overwhelm, overload (with good or evil; cf. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 10, 620), etc.: me amoenitate oneravit dies, has overwhelmed me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 7.: laetitiā senem, id. ib. 4, 2, 47: malignitateomnis mortalis, id. ib. 3, 1, 5: diem commoditatibus, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1: aliquem mendaciis, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7; cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 61: judicem argumentis, id. N. D. 3, 3, 8: aethera votis, Verg. A. 9, 24: verbis lassas onerantibus aures, Hor. S. 1, 10, 10: aliquem pugnis, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 172: maledictis, id. Ps. 1, 3, 123; cf. contumeliis, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99; for which only absol. Sejanum, Tac. A. 4. 68: aliquem injuriis, Ter. And. 5, 1, 8: aliquem malis, Verg. A. 4, 549: aliquem laudibus, Liv. 4, 13: spe praemiorum, id. 35, 11: promissis, Sall. J. 12, 3: honoribus, Just. 5, 4, 13.
    3. C. Transf., to make heavier or more burdensome, to render more oppressive, to heighten, to aggravate (only since the Aug. per.; esp. freq. in Tac. and the younger Plin.): injuriam alicujus invidiā, Liv. 38, 56 fin.: pericula alicujus, Tac. A. 16, 30: curas, id. H. 2, 52: delectum avaritiā et luxu, to aggravate, make worse, render more odious, id. ib. 4, 14: onerat te quaesturae tuae famā, quam ex Bithyniā optimam revexisti, Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8; 1, 8, 5; id. Pan. 24, 1; 73, 6.
  2. II. To load, stow, or heap up any thing in any thing (poet.): vina cadis, Verg. A. 1, 195: canistris Dona Cereris, id. ib. 8, 180.
    Hence, ŏnĕrātus, a, um, P. a., filled, full; with gen.: oneratus frugum et floris Liberi, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 95 Rib.).
    1. B. Loaded, i. e. deceived, befooled: ille est oneratus recte, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 115: ego illum probe jam oneratum huc admovebo, id. Mil. 3, 3, 61.

ŏnĕrōsē, adv., v. onerosus fin.

ŏnĕrōsĭtas, ātis, f. [onerosus], burdensomeness, burden (eccl. Lat.), Tert. Cult. Fem. 7.

ŏnĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [onus], burdensome, heavy, oppressive (poet. and in postAug. prose; syn.: gravis, difficilis).

  1. I. Lit.: praeda, Verg. A. 9, 384.
    Of food that is difficult of digestion and causes oppression: cibus etiam valentibus onerosus, Plin. 23, 7, 62, § 115: (ervum) capiti et stomacho onerosum, id. 22, 25, 73, § 153.
    Comp.: aër est onerosior igni, Ov. M. 1, 53.
  2. II. Trop., burdensome, onerous, irksome: onerosior altera sors est, Ov. M. 9, 675: donatio, Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 3: quam sit onerosum succedere bono principi, id. Pan. 44, 7: consolatores, Vulg. Job, 16, 2.
    Hence, adv.: ŏnĕrōsē, odiously (post-class.), Paul. Nol. Ep. 11.
    Comp.: onerosius, Cassiod. Anim. 11.

Ŏnēsĭcrĭtus, i, m., = Ὀνησίκριτος, an historian, a native of Ægina; he was the chief pilot (praefectus classis) of Alexander the Great, Curt. 9, 10, 3; 10, 1, 10; Gell. 9, 4, 3; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 81.

‡ Ŏnēsĭmus, i, m., and -a, ae, f., = Ὀνησιμος, -η, a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 646, 6; Vulg. Col. 4, 9.

‡ Ŏnēsĭpaurus, i, m., the name of a Roman slave, Inscr. Grut. 883, 1.

‡ Ŏnēsĭphŏrus, i, m., = Ὀνησίφορος, a Roman surname, Inscr Maff. Mus. Ver. 286, 3; Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 16.

‡ Ŏnēsis, is and ĭdis, f, = Ὄνησις, a Roman surname, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 477, 4; 269, 4.

‡ Ŏnēsitrophus, i, m., a Roman surname, Inscr Fabr p. 84, n. 144.

† ŏnīrocrĭtes, ae, m., = ὀνειροκρίτης, an interpreter of dreams (post-class.), Fulg. Myth. 1.

ŏnīros, i, m., = ὄνειρος (dream), the wild poppy, so called from its soporific qualities, App. Herb. 53.

† ŏniscus or -os, i, m., = ὀνισκος, a wood-louse, milleped, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136; 30, 8, 21, § 54.

† ŏnītis, ĭdis, f., = ὀνῖτις, a plant, otherwise unknown; a kind of origanum, Plin. 20, 17, 67, § 175; App. Herb 122.

† Ōnītus, i, m., = ὠνειτός (purchased), the name of a slave, Inscr. Grut. 633, 6.

Onoba, ae, f, a city in Hispania Bœtica, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 10; Mel. 3, 1, 3

† ŏnŏbrychis, ĭdis, f., = ὀνόβρυχις, a plant, called also palmes asini, Plin. 24, 16, 98, § 155 (al. oenŏbrēches).

ŏnŏcardĭon, ii, n., a plant, called also chamaeleon, App. Herb. 25.

† ŏnŏcentaurus, i, m., = ὀνοκένταυρος, an ass-centaur, a fabulous animal, Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 39: et occurrent daemonia onocentauris, Vulg. Isa. 34, 14.
Transf., of an impure person, Hier. in Isa. 6, 13, 22.

† ŏnŏchīles, is, and ŏnŏchēlis, is, f., and ŏnŏchīlon, = ὀνοχειλές, ὀνοχειλίς, a plant, a kind of bugloss, Plin. 22, 21, 25, § 51.

† Ŏnŏcoetes, ae, m., = Ὀνοκοιτης, he who lies in an ass’s manger, a mocking epithet applied by the heathen to Christ, Tert. Apol. 16; cf. id. ad Nat. 1, 14 (al. Ŏnŏnychītes, ae, m., = Ὀνονυχίτης, he who has an ass’s hoof, likewise applied to Christ).

† ŏnō̆crŏtălus, i, m., = ὀνοκρόταλος, the pelican, Plin. 10, 47, 66, § 131; Mart. 11, 21, 10; Vulg. Lev. 11, 18; id. Deut. 14, 18.

Ŏnŏmastus, i, m., and -a, ae, f., = Ὀνομαστός, -ή, a Roman surname, Liv. 39, 34; 40, 8; Tac. H. 1, 25; 1, 27; Inscr. Murat. 1144, 1; Inscr. Fabr. p. 751, n. 587.

† ŏnŏmătŏpoeïa, ae, f., = ὀνοματοποιΐα, the forming of a word to resemble in sound the thing it signifies, onomatopée, Charis. p. 245 P.

† ŏnōnis (ănōnis), ĭdis, f., = ὀνωνίς, a plant, the tall rest-harrow: Ononis antiquorum, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 58, § 58 (better anonis).

† Ŏnŏnychītes, ae, v. Onocoetes.

† ŏnŏpordon, i, n., = ὀνόπορδον, a plant, St. Mary’s thistle, Plin. 27, 12, 86, § 110 dub.; al. ŏnŏprădon.

† ŏnŏpyxos, i, m., a plant of the thistle kind, Plin. 21, 16, 56, § 94.

† ŏnosma, ătis, n., = ὄνοσμα, a plant, a kind of anchusa, Plin. 27, 12, 86, § 110.

ŏnŏthēras (-ra), ae, m., = ὀνοθηρας, a plant, also called onear, q. v., Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 111, 26, 14, 87, § 146.

ŏnŏthēris, ĭdis, f., = ὀνοθήρις, and ŏnŏthūris, a plant, the same as onotheras, Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 167.

† ŏnūris, is, f., = ὄνουρις, a plant, called also oenothera, Plin. 26, 11, 69, § 111 (al. ŏnēar).

ŏnus (in good MSS. also wr. hŏnus), ĕris, n. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. anas, a wagon for freight], a load, burden (cf. pondus).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: oneris maximi pondus, Vitr. 10, 8: onus sustinere, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68: cum gravius dorso subiit onus (asellus), Hor S. 1, 9, 20: tanti oneris turris, Caes. B. G. 2, 30: ad minimum redigi onus, Ov M. 14, 149.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. Of goods, baggage, etc., a load, lading, freight, cargo: insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus atque oneribus commeabant, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55: onera afferuntur, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 104: (naves) ad onera et ad multitudinem jumentorum transportandam paulo latiores, Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 2: jumentis onera deponere, loads, packs, id. B. C. 1, 80.
      2. 2. Poet., the burden of the womb, the fœtus, embryo: gravidi ventris, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 1; id. F. 2, 452; id. H. 4, 58; Phaedr. 1, 18, 5.
      3. 3. The excrements: ciborum onera reddere, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97: duri ventris solvere, Mart. 13, 29, 2.
  2. II. Trop
    1. A. A burden, in respect of property, i. e. a tax or an expense (usually in the plur.): municipium maximis oneribus pressum, Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 2: haec onera in dites a pauperibus inclinata, Liv. 1, 43: patria, Suet. Calig. 42: haerere in explicandis oneribus, id. Dom. 12 init.: oneribus novis turbantur provinciae, Tac. A. 4, 6.
    2. B. A load, burden, weight, charge, trouble, difficulty of any kind (so most freq. in Cic.; cf. molestia): magni sunt oneris; quicquid imponas, vehunt, capable of bearing great burdens, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 95: quae (senectus) plerisque senibus sic odiosa est, ut onus se Aetnā gravius dicant sustinere, Cic. Sen. 2, 4: onus atque munus magnum, id. de Or. 1, 25, 116: hoc onus si vos adlevabitis, id. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: officii, id. ib.: probandi, the burden of proof, obligation to prove, Dig. 31, 1, 22; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37: oneri esse, to be a burden, Liv. 23, 43; Vulg. 2 Reg. 15, 33: neque eram nescius, quantis oneribus premerere susceptarum rerum, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: epici carminis onera lyrā sustinere, Quint. 10, 1, 62.
    3. C. (Eccl. Lat.) The burden of a prophecy, the woes predicted against any one: Babylonis, Vulg. Isa. 13, 1: Tyri, id. ib. 23, 1.
      With subj.gen.: Domini, Vulg. Jer. 23, 33: verbi Domini, id. Zach. 12, 1.

ŏnusto, āre, 1, v. a. [onustus], to burden, load (only late Lat. and in Part. pass.): virgo reguli partu onustanda, Aug. Serm. 3 in Nat. Dom. 2. Verg.: nomen sollicitudinibus onustatum, Cassiod. H. E. 10, 33; Vulg. Judith, 15, 7.

ŏnustus (hŏnust-), a, um, adj. [onus], loaded, laden, burdened, freighted, etc. (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: asellus onustus auro, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 12 (dub.): naves onustae frumento, id. Off. 3, 12: currus quinque liberis, Tac. A. 2, 41: magna vis camelorum onusta frumenti, id. ib. 15, 12.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Filled, full, abounding in: ager praedā onustus, Sall. J. 87, 1: pharetrae telis, Tac. A. 12, 13.
          1. (β) With gen.: auri, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 10.
      2. 2. Full, satisfied with food (anteclass.): quia sum onusta mei ex sententiā, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7; id. Merc. 4, 4, 6: corpus, overloaded, Lucr. 3, 113.
  2. II. Trop., loaded, burdened (ante-class.): omnes exegit foras onustos fustibus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7: corpus, burdened, weighed down with years, id. Men. 5, 2, 5: onustum pectus porto laetitiā lubentiāque, id. Stich. 2, 1, 3: fidicina dolis astutiisque, full of, id. Ep. 3, 2, 39: corpus hesternis vitiis, Hor. S. 2, 2, 77.
    Sup.: carri onustissimi, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 2, 26, 14.

ŏnychintĭnus, v. onychitinus.

† ŏnychĭnus, a, um, adj., = ὀνύχινος.

  1. I. Of the color of the finger-nail, nail-colored: pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55: pruna, Col. 12, 10.
  2. II. Of the marble called onyx: lapis, Vulg. Gen. 2, 12.
    As subst.: onychinus, the onyx, Vulg. Exod. 39, 13.
    Transf., resembling the onyx (poet.) of the coating of ice on rivers: tegimen onychinum, Laev ap. Gell. 19, 7 fin.
    Subst.:     ŏnychĭna (sc. vasa), n. plur., vessels of onyx, Lampr. Heliog. 32.

ŏnychĭpuncta, ae, f., a precious stone, called also jasponyx, Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118 (al. onychi juncta).

† ŏnȳchītĭnus, a, um, adj., = ὀνυχίτινος, of or belonging to onyx (post-class.): crustae (al. onychintinae), Sid. Ep. 9, 7.

† ŏnychītis, ĭdis, f., = ὀνυχῖτις, another name for onyx, Plin. 34, 10, 22, § 103.

ŏnychĭus, a, um, adj. [onyx], of or belonging to onyx: onychius lapis, i. e. onyx, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 10.

Ŏnȳtes, is, m., the name of a Rutulian warrior, Verg. A. 12, 514.

† ŏnyx, ychis, m. and f., = ὄνυξ (a fingernail; hence, from its color).

  1. I. Fem., a kind of yellowish marble, onyx, of which vessels of many kinds were made; it was also used for mlaying floors, Plin. 36, 7, 12, § 59: totāque effusus in aulā Calcabatur onyx, Luc. 10, 116; calcatusque tuo sub pede lucet onyx, Mart. 12, 50, 4.
    1. B. Masc., a vessel of onyx, an onyx-box: nardi parvus onyx, Hor. C. 4, 12, 17; murrheus, an ointment-box, Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 22; cf.: Syrio munere plenus onyx, id. 2, 10 (3, 5), 14.
      In this signif. also as fem.: unguentum fuerat, quod onyx modo parva gerebat, Mart. 7, 94, 1.
  2. II. A yellowish precious stone, an onyx, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 90
  3. III. The female of a mussel of the scallop species, Plin. 32, 9, 32, § 103.