ὦνος

A. price paid for a thing, ὁ δ’ ἄξιον ὦνον ἔδωκε Od. 15.388, cf. Il. 21.41; ἄσπετον ὦνον ἕλοιτο Od. 14.297; ὁ δ’ ὑμῖν μυρίον ὦνον ἄλφοι 15.452; the person or thing bought being in gen., Αυκάονος ὦνον ἔδωκε for Lycaon, Il. 23.746, cf. Theoc. 1.58, Inscr.Delos 502 A 17 (iii B. C.).

II. purchase, ἐπείγετε δ’ ὦνον ὁδαίων Od. 15.445.

III. articles of traffic, ὦνον ἀμείβονται βιοτήσιον A.R. 2.1006, cf. D.P. 1106. (Cf. Skt. vasnás 'price bid', vasnám 'wage', Lat. vēnum (fr. *věsnom, this fr. *v[ocaron]snom); ὦνος and ὠνή from *w[ocaron]snos, *w[ocaron]snā, cf. Aeol. ὄννα.)