onagro

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Italian

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un onagro in cattività — a Persian onager (sense 1) in captivity
raffigurazione di un onagro — depiction of an onager (sense 4)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin onagrus, onager, from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros), compound of ὄνος (ónos, “ass, donkey”) +‎ ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.na.ɡro/, /oˈna.ɡro/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnaɡro, -aɡro
  • Hyphenation: ò‧na‧gro, o‧nà‧gro

Noun

onagro m (plural onagri)

  2. Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)
    Hypernym: emiono
  3. (loosely) donkey, ass
    Synonym: asino
  4. (figurative) ignoramus, rube, wild-ass (ignorant person)
    Synonym: ignorante
  6. (military, historical) onager (military engine)

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Latin

Noun

onagrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of onager

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin onagrum (“wild ass”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros). War machine sense due to its kicking action, similar to that of the ass.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aɡɾu
  • Hyphenation: o‧na‧gro

Noun

onagro m (plural onagros)

  1. onager (Ancient Roman war machine)
  2. onager (wild ass)
    Synonym: hemíono

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈnaɡɾo/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɾo
  • Syllabification: o‧na‧gro

Noun

onagro m (plural onagros)

  1. onager (wild ass)
  2. onager (military engine)

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