egg,
ᾠόν,τό, old poet. formsὤεον,ὤιον,v.sub fin.:—
A. egg,
τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος]
Hdt. 2.68
; ᾠὰ χήνεια
Eriph. 7
; of all birds, Arist. HA 559a15 ; but mostly ofhens' eggs,
Ar. Lys. 856 , Fr. 185 , etc.;[ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν,
Arist. HA 559a18 ;τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν,
Hp. Mul. 2.171 , Ath. 9.376d ;ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέαhalf-boiledeggs,
Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 53 ;ἑφθά, ὠμά,
Thphr. Vert. 2 ; ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν
Nicom.Com. 3
; καταπίνειν
Antiph. 140.5
; ᾠὰ κολάπτειν
Anaxil. 18.4
(anap.);ᾠὰ γόνιμαfertileeggs,opp.ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα,
Arist. GA 730a6 , 20 ; also ᾠὰ πλήρη
Id. Mete. 359a14
;ᾠὸν τέλειον,opp.ἀτελές,
Id. GA 718b23 , 24 ;ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον,wind-egg,
Arar. 6 , Arist. HA 560a6 ; σμύρνης ᾠ. lump,
Hdt. 2.73
; ὁ Χρόνος ἐγέννησεν ᾠόν
Orph. Fr. 54
, al., cf. Epimenid. 5 : metaph.,ᾠὸν ἅπας γέγονενhe has becomebald as an egg,
AP 11.398 (Nicias).
2. of theeggsorspawnof fish, Hdt. 2.93 ; τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι
Arist. HA 567b22
, cf. 525a7 ; of serpents, ib. 558a26 ; of tortoises, ib. 558a4 .
3. of plants,seed,
Id. GA 731a6 ; cf. ᾠοτοκέω
2
.
4. cupping-glass,
τὰ ἰατρικὰ ᾠὰ ὑέλινα ὄντακαὶ σύστομα
Hero Spir. 1
Prooem.: egg-shaped cup,
Dinon 14 . The word has the foll. forms: Att.
ᾠόν(- ̆), confirmed by Inscrr. ὠιῶν
IG 11(2).224
A 11 , 12 (Delos,iii B. C.), Papyri ( ὠιὰ χήνεα
PCair.Zen. 130.26
(iii B. C.)), and later Mss.; Aeol.
ὤιον, gen.ὠίω(̄ ̆ ̆̄), Sapph. 56 , 112 ;ὤεονlbyc. 16 , Semon. 11 , Call. Epigr. 6.10 , Nic. Th. 192 , Arat. 956 ;ὤβεονis Argive acc. to Hsch. (i.e.ὤϝεον); ᾠόνoxyt. acc. to Theognost. Can. 130 ;ὤεονproparox., ib. 121 . The formὠόν,which Lat.ovumwould lead us to expect, is found only in late texts ( LXX De. 22.6 , Ev.Luc. 11.12 , etc.) and is due to loss of theιinii B. C.; cogn. with Lat.ovum,OHGei,ONorseegg(prim. Germanicai<*>i<*>a-), whence Engl.egg.
