A.to be bought, for sale, Epich. 71; πῶς ὁ σῖτος ὤ.; how's corn selling? Ar.Ach.758, cf. Eq. 480: c. gen. pretii, “αἵματος ἡ ἀρετὴ ὠ.” Aeschin. l.c.; τῆς οὐσίας γάρ εἰσιν . . ὤνιοι (sc. ἰχθύες) Alex.76.7; “θανάτου γάρ ἐστιν ὤνιον” Men.366, cf. Phld.Mus.p.67K.; “οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια” Plu.2.135b; ἐς ὤνιον ἐλθεῖν come to market, Thgn.127 (dub. cj., ὥριον codd.); ὤνιον εἶναι to be on sale, Pl.Lg.848a; “οὗ ὁ οἶνος ὤνιος” Is.6.20; “οὗ τὰ βιβλἴ ὤνια” Eup.304; “εἰς Ῥώμην ὤνιος ἤχθη” Plu.Crass. 8; “οἰκέτας ὠνίους ἐξάγειν” Id.2.680e; Ἀττικὰς ἰσχάδας ὠνίους κομισθείσας commercially imported Attic figs, ib.173c; ἴστε ὀρόβους ὄντας ὠνίους, prov. of great distress, D.22.15; “τὰ ὤ.” goods for sale, marketwares, X.Cyr.1.2.3, Lys.22.16, D.8.67; “τὴν ἀγορὰν τῶν ὠνίων” SIG 799.22 (Cyzicus, i A. D.), cf. Wilcken Chr.41 iii 31 (iii A. D.).
2. of a venal magistrate, “τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ὠνίου ὄντος” Din.1.20; “διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν ὤνιοι” Arist.Pol.1270b10; so “ἀρχαιρεσίαι ὤ.” Plu.Cat.Mi. 21.