ᾠόν, τό,
old poetry forms ὤεον, ὤιον, see entry near the end:— egg, τίκτει ᾠὰ ἐν γῇ καὶ ἐκλέπει [ὁ κροκόδειλος] [[5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.68; ᾠὰ χήνεια 4th c.BC: Eriphus Comicus 7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of all birds, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but mostly of hens' eggs, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 856, “fragment” 185, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ᾠοῦ] τὸ λευκόν, τὸ ὠχρόν, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 559a18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ πυρρόν, τὸ χρυσοῦν, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.171, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.376d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ ἡμιπαγέα half-boiled eggs, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.” (“Sp.”) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑφθά, ὠμά, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Vertigine” 2; ᾠὸν ῥοφεῖν 3rd c.BC: Nicomachus Comicus 3; καταπίνειν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 140.5; ᾠὰ κολάπτειν 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 18.4 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ᾠὰ γόνιμα fertile eggs, opposed to ὑπηνέμια, ἄγονα, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 730a6, 20; also ᾠὰ πλήρη [prev. author] “Mete.” 359a14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ᾠὸν τέλειον, opposed to ἀτελές, [[ [prev. author] “GA” 718b23, 24 ] Refs]; ᾠὸν ἀνεμιαῖον, ζεφύριον, wind-egg, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Araros Comicus 6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560a6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σμύρνης ᾠ. lump, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73; ὁ Χρόνος ἐγέννησεν ᾠόν 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 54, +others, compare 6th c.BC: Epimenides Philosophus 5: _metaphorically_, ᾠὸν ἅπας γέγονεν] Refs 6th c.BC+] he has become bald as an egg, [[ Anthologia Graeca 11.398 (from Nicias). ] Refs]
__2 of the eggs or spawn of fish, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93; τὰ ᾠὰ ἀφιᾶσι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 567b22, compare 525a7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of serpents, [[[prev. work] 558a26 ] Refs]; of tortoises, [[[prev. work] 558a4. ] Refs]