ωνος (ὁ, ἡ) craintif, peureux, timide, surt. en parl. de colombes, IL. 5, 778 ; OD. 12, 63, etc. ; AR. Pax 1067 ; A.RH. 2, 534 ; 3, 541 ; subst. ἡ τρ. LYC. 87, 423, la colombe.

Étym. τρέω.

ωνος, ὁ, ἡ, (< τρέω) timorous, shy, in Hom. always epith. of doves (i.e. of περιστεραί, the genus of which πέλειαι are a species, acc. to Eust. 1262.61), τρήρωσι πελειάσιν Il. 5.778, h.Ap. 114, cf. Ar. Av. 575; πέλειαι τρήρωνες Od. 12.63; τρήρωνα πέλειαν Il. 22.140, 23.853, cf. A.R. 3.541; κέπφοι τ. Ar. Pax 1067. fem. Subst.
trembler, = περιστερά (metaph of women), Lyc. 87, 423. (Since the Subst. is implied for Hom. in πολυτρήρων, τ. is perh. always a Subst., name of the genus, and τ. πελειάδες is to be compared with ἴρηξ κίρκος, σῦς κάπρος, etc.)

ωνος, ὁ, ἡ, furchtsam, flüchtig, schüchtern, scheu ; bei Hom. stets Beiwort der wilden Tauben, πέλειαι oder πελειάδες, Il. 5.778, 22.140 u. sonst ; vgl. Ar. Pax 1032, Av. 575.