LogeionPerseus analysis of ὄνησα:
ὀνίνημι (profit, benefit, help): aor ind act 1st sg (epic ionic)
LSJ entry
ὀνίνημι
ὀνίνημι [ῐ], ὀνίνης Pl. Hp.Ma. 301c,
ὀνίνησι Il. 24.45,
Hes. Th. 429,
etc. ;
inf. ὀνινάναι dub. in Pl. R. 600d ;
part. ὀνινάς, ᾶσα Id. Phlb. 58c (
impf. supplied by ὠφέλουν) :
fut. ὀνήσω Il. 8.36,
Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141,
E. Andr. 1004,
etc. ;
Dor. 3
sg. ὀνασεῖ Theoc. 7.36 :
aor.ὤνησα Il. 9.509,
Hdt. 9.76,
E. Tr. 933,
Pl. Ap. 27c ;
Ep. ὄνησα Il. 1.503 :—
Med.,
ὀνίνᾰμαι Pl. Grg. 525c :
impf. ὠνινάμην Id. R. 380b :
fut. ὀνήσομαι Il. 7.173,
S. Tr. 570,
E. Hel. 935,
Pl. Ap. 30c :
aor. I ὠνησάμην only in Gal. 2.381
(unless in AP 7.484 (
Diosc.)
we accept ὠνάσατο [with ᾰ] for the meaningless ὠνόσατο) ;
ὀνήσω (2
pers. sg.) in Porph. Marc. 10 is f.l. either for ὠνήσω or for ὤνησο :
aor. 2
ὠνήμην Thgn. 1380,
E. Alc. 335,
Pl. Men. 84c ;
imper. ὄνησο Od. 19.68 ;
part. ὀνήμενος 2.33 (cf. ἀπ-) ;
also ὠνάμην, ὤνασθε E. HF 1368,
ὤναο Call. Aet. 3.1.6,
and freq. later, Luc. D Mort. 12.2,
etc. ;
ὤνατο IG 14.1389
ii 37,
ὤναντο D.H. 1.23 ;
inf. ὄνασθαι E. Hipp. 517,
Pl. R. 528a ;
opt. ὀναίμην, which is freq. (v. infr. II.2), may belong to either form :
in Hom. ὠνάμην is the aor. I of ὄνομαι :—
Pass. ὀνέομαι occurs twice, ὀνεῖται Stob. 4.22.62,
ὀνούμενοι Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 26 :
aor. inf. ὀνηθῆναι X. An. 5.5.2;
Dor. ὠνάθην Theoc. 15.55 :
I. Act.,
profit, benefit, help, and sts. gratify, delight, abs., βουλὴν . . ὑποθησόμεθʼ ἥτις ὀνήσει Il. 8.36,
cf. Hes. Th. 429,
E. Med. 533,
etc.: with neut. Adj. or Adv.,
ὀ. παῦρα h.Merc. 577 ;
σμικρὰ ὀνήσει πόλιν E. Heracl. 705 (anap.), cf. Pl. Phlb. 58c ;
μᾶλλον Simon. 55,
Aret. CA 1.4:
c.acc. pers., Il. 5.205,
7.172,
Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141,
E. Hipp. 314,
Ar. Lys. 1033,
etc.: with neut. Adj.,
ἄνδρας μέγα σίνεται ἠδʼ ὀνίνησι Il. 24.45,
cf. 9.509,
v.l. in X. An. 3.1.38,
etc. ;
πολλὰ ὀ. τινά Od. 14.67 ;
τοσόνδε E. Tr. 933 ;
εἴ ποτε δή τι Il. 1.395 :
c. dat. modi, εἴ ποτε δή σε ὄνησα ἢ ἔπει ἢ ἔργῳ ib.503 :
c. part.,
Ξενοφῶντα ὠνήσατε οὐχ ἑλόμενοι by not electing him, X. An. 6.1.32,
cf. Pl. Smp. 193d,
Hp.Ma. 301c ;
ὡς ὤνησας ὅτι ἀπεκρίνω Id. Ap. 27c :
c. dupl. acc., σὲ δὲ τοῦτό γε γῆρας ὀνήσει this benefit at least will thine old age bestow on thee, Od. 23.24 ;
also οὐδεμίαν ὤνησε κάλλος εἰς πόσιν ξυνάορον helped her in her relations with . . ,
E. Fr. 909.1.
II. Med.,
have profit or advantage, enjoy help or support, have enjoyment or delight, Il. 6.260,
7.173,
Od. 14.415,
E. Hipp. 517,
etc.: c. part.,
have benefit from being or doing so and so, Thgn. 1380,
Pl. Ap. 30c,
R. 380b,
Men. 84c,
etc.: but most freq. c. gen., have advantage from . . , have delight or enjoyment of . . , δαιτὸς ὄνησο Od. 19.68 ;
λέκτρων -ήσομαι E. Med. 1348 ;
πρὶν σφῷν ὄνασθαι ib.1025,
cf. Alc. 335 :
freq. with neut. Adj. added, τί σευ ἄλλος ὀνήσεται;
what good will others have of thee, i. e. what good will you have done them? Il. 16.31 ;
τοσόνδʼ ὀνήσῃ τῶν ἐμῶν . . πορθμῶν S. Tr. 570,
etc. ;
so ὄνασθαί τι ἀπό τινος Pl. R. 528a ;
also ὀ. τοῦτο ὅτι . . Luc. DMort. 12.2 :
also with an ironical sense, ὄναιο μέντἄν, εἴ τις ἐκπλύνειέ σε youʼd be the better of it, if one were to wash you clean, Ar. Pl. 1062 ;
ἁλσὶν διασμηχθεὶς ὄναιτʼ ἂν οὑτοσί heʼd be very nice if he were rubbed down with salt, Id. Nu. 1237 ;
so ὠνάθην μεγάλως ὅτι . . lucky for me that . . ,
Theoc. 15.55 ;
ὤνησο, διότι μὴ ὁ Ζεὺς ἐπήκουσέ σου Luc. Prom. 20.
2. aor. opt. ὀναίμην, αιο, αιτο, in protestations, wishes, etc., ὄναιο mayst thou have profit, i. e. bless thee . . , E. Or. 1677,
etc. :
and c. gen., ὄναιο τῶν φρενῶν bless thee for . . ,
Id. IA 1359 ;
ὄναισθε μύθων Id. IT 1078,
cf. Hel. 1418 ;
οὕτως ὀναίμην τῶν τέκνων so may I have profit of them, in a parenthesis, Ar. Th. 469 ;
οὕτως ὄναισθε τούτων D. 28.20 ;
ὄναιντο βίου Simon. 128 ;
μή νυν ὀναίμην, ἀλλʼ . . ὀλοίμην may I not see good, but die, S. OT 644 ;
ὄναιο τοῦ γενναίου χάριν bless thee for thy noble spirit, Id. OC 1042.