ὄνᾰρ, τό, used only in
nominative and
accusative singular, the other cases being supplied by ὄνειρος (which see):—
dream, vision in sleep, opposed to a waking vision, οὐκ ὄ, ἀλλ᾽ ὕπαρ ἐσθλόν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄκουε δὴ ὄ. ἀντὶ ὀνείρατος
dream for dream, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε μηδὲ ὄ. ἰδεῖν, of profound sleep, [
Refs] 'you are telling me what I know already', [
Refs]
2) proverbial of anything fleeting or unreal, ὀλιγοχρόνιον. ὥσπερ ὄ. [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; ὄ. ἡμερόφαντον ἀλαίνει, of an old man, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II) in Trag. and
Attic dialect frequently as
adverb,
in a dream, in sleep, ὄ. γὰρ ὑμᾶς νῦν Κλυταιμνήστρα καλῶ [
Refs]; ὄ. διώκεις θῆρα[
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; also οὐδ᾽ ὄ. not even
in a dream, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ἰδὼν ὄ. not even
in my dreams, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] 11; κατ᾽ ὄναρ
in a dream, condemned by [
NT+2nd c.AD+]: with sense,
in consequence of a dream, in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]