onagro

Borrowed from Latin onagrus, onager, from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.na.ɡro/
• Rhymes: -ɔnaɡro
• Hyphenation: ò‧na‧gro

onagro m (plural onagri)

1. Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)

   Hypernym: emiono

2. (military, historical) onager

• onagrocrazia

• onagro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• gorano, ognora, ongaro, orango, organo, organo-, organò, rogano

onagrō

1. dative/ablative singular of onager

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.

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

onagro m (plural onagros)

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

   Synonym: hemíono

• (war machine) catapulta, trabuco, manganela
• (wild ass) jumento, burro, asno

• IPA^(key): /oˈnaɡɾo/ [oˈna.ɣ̞ɾo]
• (Castilian)

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• Rhymes: -aɡɾo
• Syllabification: o‧na‧gro

onagro m (plural onagros)

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

• “onagro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014