English

Onagers

Noun

onager ‎(plural onagers or onagri)

1. A wild ass, Equus hemionus, especially the koulan.
2. (military, historical) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery.

Synonyms

• (Equus hemionus): hemione, koulan

Translations

See also

• catapult
• trebuchet

Anagrams

• groane, Orange, orange

Latin

Alternative forms

• onagrus

Etymology

From Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος ‎(ónagros, “wild ass”), from ὄνος ‎(ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος ‎(ágrios, “wild”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.na.ɡer/, [ˈɔ.na.ɡɛr]

Noun

onager m ‎(genitive onagrī); second declension

1. wild ass; onager
2. onager (type of military engine)

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

¹May also be onagre.

See also

• ballista
• catapulta

References

• onager in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• onager in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “onager”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• onager in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old French

Etymology

From Latin onager.

Noun

onager m ‎(oblique plural onagers, nominative singular onagers, nominative plural onager)

1. onager