onagro
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin onagrus, onager, from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.na.ɡro/
- Rhymes: -ɔnaɡro
- Hyphenation: ò‧na‧gro
Noun
onagro m (plural onagri)
- Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)
- Hypernym: emiono
- (military, historical) onager
Derived terms
- onagrocrazia
Further reading
- onagro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- gorano, ognora, ongaro, orango, organo, organo-, organò, rogano
Latin
Noun
onagrō
- 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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈna.ɡɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈna.ɡɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈna.ɡɾu/ [ɔˈna.ɣɾu]
- Rhymes: -aɡɾu
- Hyphenation: o‧na‧gro
Noun
onagro m (plural onagros)
- onager (Ancient Roman war machine)
- onager (wild ass)
- Synonym: hemíono
Related terms
- (war machine) catapulta, trabuco, manganela
- (wild ass) jumento, burro, asno
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈnaɡɾo/ [oˈna.ɣ̞ɾo]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -aɡɾo
- Syllabification: o‧na‧gro
Noun
onagro m (plural onagros)
- onager (wild ass)
- onager (military engine)
Further reading
- “onagro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014