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.