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ŏnus | hŏnus (noun N) : (in good MSS. also wr. ), , etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. anas, a wagon for freight
* A load, burden (cf. pondus).
* Lit.
* In gen.: oneris maximi pondus,Vitr. 10, 8: onus sustinere,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68: cum gravius dorso subiit onus (asellus), Hor S. 1, 9, 20: tanti oneris turris,Caes. B. G. 2, 30: ad minimum redigi onus, Ov M. 14, 149.
* Trop
* Of goods, baggage, etc., a load, lading, freight, cargo: insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus atque oneribus commeabant,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55: onera afferuntur,Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 104: (naves) ad onera et ad multitudinem jumentorum transportandam paulo latiores,Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 2: jumentis onera deponere,loads, packs,id. B. C. 1, 80.
* Poet., the burden of the womb, the foetus, embryo: gravidi ventris,Ov. Am. 2, 13, 1; id. F. 2, 452; id. H. 4, 58; Phaedr. 1, 18, 5.
* The excrements: ciborum onera reddere,Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97: duri ventris solvere,Mart. 13, 29, 2.
* A burden, in respect of property, i. e. a tax or an expense (usually in the plur.): municipium maximis oneribus pressum,Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 2: haec onera in dites a pauperibus inclinata,Liv. 1, 43: patria,Suet. Calig. 42: haerere in explicandis oneribus,id. Dom. 12 init.: oneribus novis turbantur provinciae,Tac. A. 4, 6.
* A load, burden, weight, charge, trouble, difficulty of any kind (so most freq. in Cic.; cf. molestia): magni sunt oneris; quicquid imponas, vehunt,capable of bearing great burdens,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 95: quae (senectus) plerisque senibus sic odiosa est, ut onus se Aetnā gravius dicant sustinere,Cic. Sen. 2, 4: onus atque munus magnum,id. de Or. 1, 25, 116: hoc onus si vos adlevabitis,id. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: officii,id. ib.: probandi,the burden of proof, obligation to prove,Dig. 31, 1, 22; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37: oneri esse,to be a burden,Liv. 23, 43; Vulg. 2 Reg. 15, 33: neque eram nescius, quantis oneribus premerere susceptarum rerum,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: epici carminis onera lyrā sustinere,Quint. 10, 1, 62.
* (Eccl. Lat.) The burden of a prophecy, the woes predicted against any one: Babylonis,Vulg. Isa. 13, 1: Tyri,id. ib. 23, 1.—With subj.gen.: Domini,Vulg. Jer. 23, 33: verbi Domini,id. Zach. 12, 1.
* A load, burden (cf. pondus).
* Lit.
* In gen.: oneris maximi pondus,Vitr. 10, 8: onus sustinere,Plaut. As. 3, 3, 68: cum gravius dorso subiit onus (asellus), Hor S. 1, 9, 20: tanti oneris turris,Caes. B. G. 2, 30: ad minimum redigi onus, Ov M. 14, 149.
* Trop
* Of goods, baggage, etc., a load, lading, freight, cargo: insula Delos, quo omnes undique cum mercibus atque oneribus commeabant,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55: onera afferuntur,Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 104: (naves) ad onera et ad multitudinem jumentorum transportandam paulo latiores,Caes. B. G. 5, 1, 2: jumentis onera deponere,loads, packs,id. B. C. 1, 80.
* Poet., the burden of the womb, the foetus, embryo: gravidi ventris,Ov. Am. 2, 13, 1; id. F. 2, 452; id. H. 4, 58; Phaedr. 1, 18, 5.
* The excrements: ciborum onera reddere,Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97: duri ventris solvere,Mart. 13, 29, 2.
* A burden, in respect of property, i. e. a tax or an expense (usually in the plur.): municipium maximis oneribus pressum,Cic. Fam. 13, 7, 2: haec onera in dites a pauperibus inclinata,Liv. 1, 43: patria,Suet. Calig. 42: haerere in explicandis oneribus,id. Dom. 12 init.: oneribus novis turbantur provinciae,Tac. A. 4, 6.
* A load, burden, weight, charge, trouble, difficulty of any kind (so most freq. in Cic.; cf. molestia): magni sunt oneris; quicquid imponas, vehunt,capable of bearing great burdens,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 95: quae (senectus) plerisque senibus sic odiosa est, ut onus se Aetnā gravius dicant sustinere,Cic. Sen. 2, 4: onus atque munus magnum,id. de Or. 1, 25, 116: hoc onus si vos adlevabitis,id. Rosc. Am. 4, 10: officii,id. ib.: probandi,the burden of proof, obligation to prove,Dig. 31, 1, 22; Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37: oneri esse,to be a burden,Liv. 23, 43; Vulg. 2 Reg. 15, 33: neque eram nescius, quantis oneribus premerere susceptarum rerum,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 2: epici carminis onera lyrā sustinere,Quint. 10, 1, 62.
* (Eccl. Lat.) The burden of a prophecy, the woes predicted against any one: Babylonis,Vulg. Isa. 13, 1: Tyri,id. ib. 23, 1.—With subj.gen.: Domini,Vulg. Jer. 23, 33: verbi Domini,id. Zach. 12, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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