buying, purchasing,
ὠν-ή, Aeol.
ὄννα
IG 11(2).1064
(ii B. C.),ἡ, (cf.ὦνος)
A. buying, purchasing, ὠ. καὶ πρῆσις buyingand selling, Hdt. 1.153 , cf. Hyp. Ath. 5 , S. Fr. 909 , Pl. R. 371d , Sph. 223d ; ὠνὴν ποιεῖσθαί τινος
D. 33.8
, cf. Pl. Lg. 849b ; δἰ ὠνῆς
Plu. 2.753d
; διὰ τὴν ὠ.
Luc. Ind. 16
; ἐν τῇ τῶν σιτίων ὠ.
Pl. Prt. 314a
.
2. purchase, bargain,
E. Cyc. 150 .
II. contract for the farming of taxesor other sources of revenue, ὠνὰς πρίασθαι ἐκ τοῦ δημοσίου
And. 1.73
, cf. 92 , Plu. Alc. 5 ;τοὶ πριάμενοι τὰν ὠνὰν σίτου, οἴνου, τετραπόδων,
SIG 1000.4 , 5 , 6 (Cos,i B. C.); τρὶς ἀναπραθείσης τῆς ὠ.
IPE 12.32A53
(Olbia,iii B. C.);ὠνὰς omnium venditas,of the proceeds of local taxes, Cic. Att. 5.16.2 .
2. in Dor. Inscrr. (also in Arg. D. 37 (pl.)),deed of sale, contract,
ἁ ὠνὰ παρὰ Ξενοκράτη Δελφόν
GDI 1715
, al. (Delph.,ii B. C.);ὠνὰν τὰν ἐν τῷ ἱαρῷ ἀναγεγραμμένανib. 1764 (ibid.,ii B. C.); τᾶς ὠ. τὸ ἀντίγραφον
IG 9(1).331.5
(Chaleion,ii B. C.).
III. purchase-money, price,
εἰς . . τῶν ὅπλων τὴν ὠ. παρέσχε τρισμυρίας δραχμάς
Lys. 19.43
; ἐπέθηκε τῇ ὠ. τάλαντον
Plu. Alc. 5
.
