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ὠνέομαι ὦνος aor1 is very dubious (for the Attic aorist is ἐπριάμην）

I.Mid.:— to buy, purchase, opp. to πωλέω, πιπράσκω, as Lat. emere to vendere; but in pres. and imperf. to offer to buy, deal for, bargain or bid for a thing, Hes.; ὠνέεσθαι τῶν φορτίων wished to buy some of their wares, began to bargain for them, Hdt.; Κροῖσός σφι ὠνεομένοισι ἔδωκε gave it them when they offered to buy, id=Hdt.; ὠν. τι παρά τινος from another, id=Hdt.; ὠν. ἐκ Κορίνθου to buy goods from Corinth, Xen.:—c. gen. pretii, to buy for so much, Hdt., attic:—absol. in partic., ὠνούμενος by purchase, Xen.; ὁ ὠνούμενος the purchaser, id=Xen.; ὁ ἐωνημένος the owner by purchase of a slave, Ar.
2.to farm public taxes or tolls, or rather to bid for them, ὠν. μέταλλα Dem., etc.
3.to buy off, avert by giving hush-money, id=Dem.; ὠν. τινα to buy a person, of one who bribes, id=Dem.
II.sometimes used as Pass. to be bought, as ὠνούμενά τε καὶ πιπρασκόμενα Plat.; perf. part. ἐωνημένος id=Plat., Dem.; 3 sg. plup. ἐώνητο Ar.; in aor1 ἐωνήθην Xen.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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