ὤνιος

A. to be bought, for sale, Epich. 71; πῶς ὁ σῖτος ὤ.; how's corn selling? Ar. Ach. 758, cf. Eq. 480: c. gen. pretii, αἵματος ἡ ἀρετὴ ὠ. Aeschin. l.c.; τῆς οὐσίας γάρ εἰσιν . . ὤνιοι (sc. ἰχθύες) Alex. 76.7; θανάτου γάρ ἐστιν ὤνιον Men. 366, cf. Phld. Mus. p.67K.; οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια Plu. 2.135b; ἐς ὤνιον ἐλθεῖν come to market, Thgn. 127 (dub. cj., ὥριον codd.); ὤνιον εἶναι to be on sale, Pl. Lg. 848a; οὗ ὁ οἶνος ὤνιος Is. 6.20; οὗ τὰ βιβλἴ ὤνια Eup. 304; εἰς Ῥώμην ὤνιος ἤχθη Plu. Crass. 8; οἰκέτας ὠνίους ἐξάγειν Id. 2.680e; Ἀττικὰς ἰσχάδας ὠνίους κομισθείσας commercially imported Attic figs, ib.173c; ἴστε ὀρόβους ὄντας ὠνίους, prov. of great distress, D. 22.15; τὰ ὤ. goods for sale, marketwares, X. Cyr. 1.2.3, Lys. 22.16, D. 8.67; τὴν ἀγορὰν τῶν ὠνίων SIG 799.22 (Cyzicus, i A. D.), cf. Wilcken Chr. 41 iii 31 (iii A. D.).

2. of a venal magistrate, τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ὠνίου ὄντος Din. 1.20; διὰ τὴν ἀπορίαν ὤνιοι Arist. Pol. 1270b10; so ἀρχαιρεσίαι ὤ. Plu. Cat.Mi. 21.