buy, purchase, opp. πωλέω, πιπράσκω; πῶ τις ὦν ὄνον ὠνασεῖται; Sophr. 125; but in pres. and impf. (which are the tenses most in use), offer to buy, bargain or bid for a thing, ὄφρʼ ἄλλων ὠνῇ κλῆρον Hes. Op. 341; ὠνέεσθαι τῶν φορτίων wished to buy some of their wares, began to bargain for them, Hdt. 1.1; Κροῖσός σφι ὠνεομένοισι ἔδωκε gave it them when they offered to buy, ib. 69; τὰς νήσους οὐκ ἐβούλοντο ὠνευμένοισι πωλέειν ib. 165, cf. 3.139, 6.121; ὀκτὼ λάβοις ἄν (sc. ὀβολούς); Answ. εἴπερ ὠνεῖ τὸν ἕτερον if you are willing to buy the other fish, Alex. 16.10, cf. 78.7; ὠνεῖσθαι καὶ πωλεῖν πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl. Lg. 741b; ὠ. τὰς γυναῖκας παρὰ τῶν γονέων Hdt. 5.6, cf. Pl. Prt. 313d, 313e, D. 9.48; ἀπό τινος Ach.Tat. 5.17: c. dat. pers., buy from . . , Ar. Ach. 815, Pax 1261; also ὠ. ἐκ Κορίνθου buy goods from Corinth, X. HG 7.2.17: ὠ. ἐξ ἀγορᾶς Id. An. 3.2.21; metaph., καιρόν, σπονδάς ὠ., Plu. Sert. 6, Hdn. 6.7.9; ὠ. μὴ ἀδικεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐμπόρους D. 8.25; c. gen. pretii, buy for so much, Hdt. 5.6, cf. E. Hec. 360, X. An. 7.6.24; ψυχῆς at the price of life, Heraclit. 85: also c. dat., buy with . . , τἄχθιστα τοῖσι φιλτάτοις ὠνούμεθα E. IA 1170: abs., X. Mem. 2.10.4, Ages. 1.18: esp. in partic., ὠνουμένους ἕξειν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια by purchase, Id. An. 2.3.27, cf. 5.5.14, etc.; also ὁ ὠνούμενος the buyer, purchaser, ὁρῶντος τοῦ ὠνουμένου Id. Eq. 3.2, cf. Plu. Cat.Mi. 36; ὁ ἐωνημένος the owner by purchase (of a slave), Ar. Pl. 7; ὁ ὠνησάμενος Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.242d; ὁ ὠνησόμενος the intending purchaser, Din. 3.10: metaph., χάριτας πονηρὰς ὠ. E. Hel. 902; ὅσα ἄνθρωποι ἄθλων ὠνοῦνται X. Hier. 9.11; εὔνοιαν παρά τινος D. 12.20; ὠ. τὰς αὑτῶν ψυχὰς παρὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν Lys. 28.9:—in A. Supp. 337 Robortello restored ὄνοιτο.