donkey siege engine 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Akkadian
Lexeme imēru
Meaning 1 donkey
Direction
Meaning 2 a mechanical device of a ship; a part of the battering ram
Reference CAD: i 110, 114-115
Comment See SED II No. 98; also No. 37.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme onager
Meaning 1 wild donkey
Direction
Meaning 2 stone fougasse
Reference
Comment From the Greek ὄναγρος 'wild donkey'
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Syriac
Lexeme ʕərādā
Meaning 1 wild ass (asinus ferus)
Direction
Meaning 2 machine (machina)
Reference LSyr.: 547
Comment See SED II, No. 37, also for other Semitic terms going to Proto-Semitic 'wild ass', on the one hand, and for the derived terms with the meaning 'catapult, kind of sieging engine', on the other hand. Probably, a calque from Greek onagros, Latin onager.