- onager
- \ \ see ASS
Word origins - 2ed. J. Ayto. 2005.
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ONAGER — (Heb. פֶּרֶא, Wild Ass; Job 39:5, also עָרוֹד). Two sub species of the wild ass, the Equus hemionus hemihippus, the Syrian onager, and the Equus hemionus onager, the Arabian onager, existed in the Syrian desert up to the present century. The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Onager — On a*ger, n.; pl. L. {Onagri}, E. {Onagers}. [L. onager, onagrus, Gr. ?.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
onager — onáger m DEFINICIJA 1. zool. vrsta divljeg magarca (Equus hermionus onager); živi u zemljama JZ Azije 2. pov. vojn. sprava za bacanje kamenja u starorimskoj vojsci; katapult ETIMOLOGIJA lat. onager ← grč. ónagros ≃ ónos: magarac + ágrios: divlji … Hrvatski jezični portal
onager — (n.) Asiatic wild ass, mid 14c., from L. onager, from Gk. onagros, from onos ass (related to L. asinus, but the ultimate source is unknown) + agrios wild, lit. living in the fields, from agros field (see ACRE (Cf. acre)) … Etymology dictionary
onager — [än′ə jər] n. pl. onagri [än′əgrī΄] or onagers [ME < L < Gr onagros, wild ass < onos, ass + agrios, wild < agros, country, field: see ACRE] 1. a wild ass (Equus hemionus onager) of central Asia 2. a catapult for throwing stones, used… … English World dictionary
Onager — (v. gr.), 1) wilder Esel, Waldesel; 2) Kriegsmaschine, welche Steine, griechisches Feuer etc. in die Städte der Belagerten schleuderte … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Onager — Onager, der wilde Esel, s. Esel; auch ein Wurfgeschütz der Römer (s. Kriegsmaschinen, S. 672) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Onager — Onăger, Tierart, s. Esel … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Onager [2] — Onăger, Wurfmaschine der alten Römer, eine Art der einarmigen Balliste (s.d.) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
onager — ► NOUN ▪ a wild ass of a race native to northern Iran. ORIGIN Greek onagros wild ass … English terms dictionary
Onager — This article is about the horse species. For the weapon, see Onager (siege weapon). Onager Turkmenian Kulan (Equus hemionus kulan) at Korkeasaari Zoo. Conservation s … Wikipedia
