Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“, ὀνίνης” Pl.Hp.Ma.301c, “ὀνίνησι” Il.24.45, Hes.Th.429, etc. ; inf. ὀνινα<*>ναι dub. in Pl.R.600d ; part. ὀνινάς, ᾶσα Id.Phlb.58c (impf. supplied by ὠφέλουν) : fut. “ὀνήσω” Il.8.36, Orac. ap. Hdt.7.141, E.Andr.1004, etc. ; Dor. 3sg. “ὀνασεῖ” Theoc.7.36 : aor.“ὤνησα” Il.9.509, Hdt.9.76, E.Tr.933, Pl.Ap.27c ; Ep. “ὄνησα” Il.1.503 :—Med., “ὀνίνα^μαι” Pl.Grg.525c : impf. “ὠνινάμην” Id.R.380b : fut. “ὀνήσομαι” Il.7.173, S.Tr.570, E.Hel.935, Pl.Ap.30c : aor. I ὠνησάμην only in Gal. 2.381 (unless in AP7.484 (Diosc.) we accept ὠνάσατο [with α^] for the meaningless ὠνόσατο) ; ὀνήσω (2 pers. sg.) in Porph.Marc. 10 is f.l. either for ὠνήσω or for ὤνησο : aor. 2 “ὠνήμην” Thgn.1380, E.Alc.335, Pl.Men.84c ; imper. “ὄνησο” Od.19.68 ; part. “ὀνήμενος” 2.33 (cf. ἀπ- ) ; also “ὠνάμην, ὤνασθε” E.HF1368, “ὤναο” Call.Aet.3.1.6, and freq. later, Luc.D Mort.12.2, etc. ; “ὤνατο” IG14.1389 ii 37, “ὤναντο” D.H.1.23 ; inf. “ὄνασθαι” E.Hipp.517, Pl.R.528a ; opt. ὀναίμην, which is freq. (v. infr. 11.2), may belong to either form : in Hom. ὠνάμην is the aor. I of ὄνομαι :—Pass. ὀνέομαι occurs twice, “ὀνεῖται” Stob.4.22.62, ὀνούμενοι Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.26 : aor. inf. “ὀνηθῆναι” X.An.5.5.2; Dor. “ὠνάθην” Theoc.15.55 :

I. Act., profit, benefit, help, and sts. gratify, delight, abs., “βουλὴν . . ὑποθησόμεθ᾽ ἥτις ὀνήσει” Il.8.36, cf. Hes.Th.429, E.Med. 533, etc.: with neut. Adj. or Adv., “ὀ. παῦρα” h.Merc.577 ; “σμικρὰ ὀνήσει πόλιν” E.Heracl.705 (anap.), cf. Pl.Phlb.58c ; “μᾶλλον” Simon.55, Aret. CA1.4: c.acc. pers., Il.5.205, 7.172, Orac. ap. Hdt.7.141, E.Hipp.314, Ar.Lys.1033, etc.: with neut. Adj., “ἄνδρας μέγα σίνεται ἠδ᾽ ὀνίνησι” Il. 24.45, cf. 9.509, v.l. in X.An.3.1.38, etc. ; “πολλὰ ὀ. τινά” Od.14.67 ; “τοσόνδε” E.Tr.933 ; “εἴ ποτε δή τι” Il.1.395 : c. dat. modi, εἴ ποτε δή σε ὄνησα ἢ ἔπει ἢ ἔργῳ ib.503 : c. part., Ξενοφῶντα ὠνήσατε οὐχ ἑλόμενοι by not electing him, X.An.6.1.32, cf. Pl.Smp.193d, Hp.Ma. 301c ; “ὡς ὤνησας ὅτι ἀπεκρίνω” Id.Ap.27c : c. dupl. acc., σὲ δὲ τοῦτό γε γῆρας ὀνήσει this benefit at least will thine old age bestow on thee, Od.23.24 ; also οὐδεμίαν ὤνησε κάλλος εἰς πόσιν ξυνάορον helped her in her relations with . . , E.Fr.909.1.

II. Med., have profit or advantage, enjoy help or support, have enjoyment or delight, Il.6.260, 7.173, Od.14.415, E.Hipp.517, etc.: c. part., have benefit from being or doing so and so, Thgn.1380, Pl.Ap.30c, R.380b, Men.84c, etc.: but most freq. c. gen., have advantage from . . , have delight or enjoyment of . . , “δαιτὸς ὄνησο” Od.19.68 ; “λέκτρων -ήσομαι” E.Med.1348 ; πρὶν σφῷν ὄνασθαι ib.1025, cf. Alc.335 : freq. with neut. Adj. added, τί σευ ἄλλος ὀνήσεται; what good will others have of thee, i. e. what good will you have done them? Il.16.31 ; “τοσόνδ᾽ ὀνήσῃ τῶν ἐμῶν . . πορθμῶν” S.Tr. 570, etc. ; so “ὄνασθαί τι ἀπό τινος” Pl.R.528a ; also “ὀ. τοῦτο ὅτι . . ” Luc. DMort.12.2 : also with an ironical sense, ὄναιο μέντἄν, εἴ τις ἐκπλύνειέ σε you'd be the better of it, if one were to wash you clean, Ar.Pl. 1062 ; ἁλσὶν διασμηχθεὶς ὄναιτ᾽ ἂν οὑτοσί he'd be very nice if he were rubbed down with salt, Id.Nu.1237 ; so ὠνάθην μεγάλως ὅτι . . lucky for me that . . , Theoc.15.55 ; “ὤνησο, διότι μὴ ὁ Ζεὺς ἐπήκουσέ σου” Luc. Prom.20.

2. aor. opt. ὀναίμην, αιο, αιτο, in protestations, wishes, etc., ὄναιο mayst thou have profit, i. e. bless thee . . , E.Or.1677, etc. : and c. gen., ὄναιο τῶν φρενῶν bless thee for . . , Id.IA1359 ; “ὄναισθε μύθων” Id.IT1078, cf. Hel.1418 ; οὕτως ὀναίμην τῶν τέκνων so may I have profit of them, in a parenthesis, Ar.Th.469 ; “οὕτως ὄναισθε τούτων” D.28.20 ; “ὄναιντο βίου” Simon.128 ; μή νυν ὀναίμην, ἀλλ᾽ . . ὀλοίμην may I not see good, but die, S.OT644 ; ὄναιο τοῦ γενναίου χάριν bless thee for thy noble spirit, Id.OC1042.

3. aor. part. ὀνήμενος, of those to whom (or of whom) one says ὄναιο （ὄναιτο）, blessed, “ἐσθλός μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι, ὀνήμενος” Od.2.33 : for this sense of a part. cf. ἐπίτριπτος, οὐλόμενος.