ὅμοιος

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or (as in Hom., Ion., and old Att.) ὁμοῖος, α, ον (cf. ἐρῆμος, ἑτοῖμος) : later Ep. also ὁμοίιος (B, q.v.) ; Aeol. ὔμοιος Theoc.29.20 (Adv.

   A -ως IG12(2).69a6) ; Arc. ὑμοῖος Schwyzer665A15 (Orchom., iv B.C.) : (ὁμός) :—like, resembling, ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁ. ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁ. 'birds of a feather flock together', Od.17.218 ; ὁ ὅ. τῷ ὁ. Pl.Grg.510b ; ὁ ὅ. ὡς τὸν ὅ. Arist.EN1155a34 ; τὸ ὅ. τῷ ὁ. φίλον ib.1165b17, v. infr. 6 ; ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ὁ. as in similar cases (of persons), BGU79.18 (ii A.D.), etc. : Comp. -ότερος more like, Pl.Phd.79b : Sup. -ότατος most like, Hdt.2.92, S.Ant.833 (lyr.), etc.    2 the same, ἄμφω γὰρ πέπρωται ὁμοίην γαῖαν ἐρεῦσαι Il.18.329 ; χρὼς οὐκέθ' ὁ. Od.16.182 ; hence (sc. ἑαυτῷ), always the same, unchanging, αἰεὶ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ὁμοῖοι Hes.Op.114 ; ὅ. τὴν γνώμην the same as ever, Antipho 5.76 ; γνῶμαι πρὸς τοὺς αὐτοὺς κινδύνους ὁμοῖαι Th.2.89 ; ἀεὶ ὅ. εἶ, ὦ Ἀπολλόδωρε Pl.Smp.173d ; ἓν καὶ ὅ. one and the same, Id.Phdr.271a.    3 equal in force, a match for one, Il.23.632, Hdt.9.96.    4 of things, suiting, according with, πολλά τε καὶ ὅ. ἑαυταῖς Id.R.549e ; ὅ. τῇ φύσει Ar.Th.167.    5 ὁμοῖον ἡμῖν ἔσται it will be all the same, all one to us, Hdt.8.80 ; σὺ δ' αἰνεῖν εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις, ὁμοῖον A.Ag.1404, cf. 1239, E.Supp.1069 ; ἐν τῷ ὁ. καθειστήκει Th.2.49.    6 τὸ ὅ. ἀνταποδιδόναι give 'tit for tat', Hdt.1.18 ; so τὴν ὁμοίην (sc. δίκην, χάριν) ἀποδιδόναι τινί Id.4.119, 6.21,62 ; τὴν ὁ. φέρεσθαι παρά τινος to have a like return made one, ibid. ; ἐπ' ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ, v. ἴσος 11.2.    7 ἐν ὁμοίῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι hold a thing in like esteem, Id.7.138,8.109.    8 ἐκ τοῦ ὁ. in like fashion, likewise, Th.6.78,87 ; ἐκ τῶν ὁ. ceteris paribus, Pl.Phdr.243d ; on equal terms, in fair fight, A.Ag.1423 ; so ἐν τῷ ὁ. στρατεύεσθαι καὶ ὅτε . . as when... Th.6.21, etc.    II of the same rank or station, Hdt.1.134 ; γαμεῖν ἐκ τῶν ὁ. Cleobul. ap. Stob.3.1.172, POxy.124.2 (iii A.D.), PSI 2.120.33 (iv A.D.?) : hence οἱ ὅμοιοι, in aristocratic states, peers, all citizens who had equal right to hold state-offices, esp. at Sparta, X.HG 3.3.5, Lac.13.1,7, Arist.Pol.1306b30 ; Περσέων ὁμοίους τοῖσι πρώτοισι δυώδεκα Hdt.3.35.    III Geom., of figures, similar, Euc.6 Def.1, 3 Def.11, al. ; of angles, similar, i.e. equal, Arist.Cael.296b20,297b19, 311b34, cf. Thalesap.Procl.in Euc.1p.251F.    2 of Numbers, square, the product of two equal factors, Plot.6.2.21 ; cf. ἀνόμοιος 2.    B Construction :    1 abs., freq. in Hom., etc. (v. supr.).    2 c. dat. of the person or thing which another resembles : so always in Hom., Hes., and usu. in Hdt. and Att. (v. supr.) : but sts. c. gen., τοῖσι τούτων ὁμοίοις χύμασι v.l. in Hp.Art.12 (DielsZtschr.f.vergl. Sprachf.47.200), v. l. in Hdt.3.37 and Pl.R.472d ; τουτέων οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλο ἔθνος ὁμοίας τὰς κεφαλὰς ἔχον οὐδέν (ellipt. as in b. infr.) Hp. Aër.14 ; ὁ λεκτικὸς πῇ μὲν ὅμοιος Ἡροδότου, πῇ δὲ ἐνδεέστερος D.H. Pomp.4 ; ὁμοία ἀνδριάντος Dion.Byz.53 ; ὅμοιον ἱέρακος Cyran.22, cf. 12.    b ellipt. phrases, κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, for κόμαι ταῖς τῶν Χαρίτων ὁμοῖαι, Il.17.51 ; οὔ τις ὁμοῖα νοήματα Πηνελοπείῃ ᾔδη, for τοῖς τῆς Πηνελοπείης, Od.2.121 : also in Prose, ἅρματα ὅ. ἐκείνῳ, for τοῖς ἐκείνου, X.Cyr.6.1.50 ; ὁμοίαν ταῖς δούλαις ἐσθῆτα, for τῇ τῶν δουλῶν, ib.5.1.4 ; cf. ἴσος 1.1, συγγενής 111.2.    3 c. acc. of that in which a person or thing resembles another, ἀθανάτῃσι φυὴν καὶ εἶδος ὁμοίη Od.6.16, cf. 3.468, Il.5.778 ; ὀργὴν ὁ. τῷ κάκιστ' αὐδωμένῳ A.Th.678, cf. S.Aj.1153, etc. : also with Preps., ὁμοῖοι ἐν πολέμῳ Il.12.270 ; ἐς φύσιν οὐδὲν ὁ. Batr.32 ; ὅ. τινὶ πρός τι X.Cyn.5.29 ; but οὐδὲν ὁμοῖον ἦν μοι πρὸς τοῦτον I had nothing in common with him, Is. 8.26.    4 c. inf., θείειν ἀνέμοισιν ὁμοῖοι like the winds in running, Il. 10.437 ; τῷ οὔ πώ τις ὁμοῖος κοσμῆσαι ἵππους like him to marshal or in marshalling horses, 2.553, cf. 14.521 ; ὅμοιοι ἦσαν θαυμάζειν (s. v.l., θαυμάζοντες codd. dett.) X.An.3.5.13.    b ὅμοιον εἰπεῖν approximately, Men.Epit.548.    5 folld. by a Relat., ὁμοίη, οἵην με τὸ πρῶτον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι νόησας like as when thou saw'st me first, h.Ven. 178 ; ὅμοιον... οἷόνπερ τὸ τῶν ποταμῶν X.HG4.2.11, cf. Hier.7.5, Cyr.6.1.37 : folld. by ὅσπερ, Id.An.5.4.34 ; by ὥσπερ, ὁ. ἀτμὸς ὥσπερ ἐκ τάφου πρέπει A.Ag.1311, cf. X.Smp.4.37 ; by ὥστε, E.Or.697 ; v. infr. c.    6 folld. by καί (='as'), γνώμῃσι ἐχρέωντο ὁμοίῃσι καὶ σύ Hdt.7.50, cf. Th.1.120, Pl.Cri.48b, Tht.154a ; οὐδέν τι γενόμενος ἐς Ἀχαιοὺς ὅμοιος [ἢ] καὶ Καλλίστρατος . . Paus.7.16.4 ; v. καί A. 111.    C Adv., freq. in the neut. sg. and pl. ὅμοιον, ὅμοια (older ὁμοῖον, ὁμοῖα) in like manner with, c. dat., ὁμοῖα τοῖσι μάλιστα 'second to none', Hdt.3.8, cf. Th.7.29 ; ὁμοῖα τοῖσι πλουσιωτάτοισι Hdt.3.57 ; ὅμοιον μουσίσδει . . ταῖσιν ἀηδονίσι Theoc.8.37 : folld. by a relat. Partic., ὁμοῖον ὥστε . . even as, S.Ant.587 (lyr.) ; ὁ. ὡς εἰ . . Pl.Lg.628d ; ὁμοῖα καὶ βοῦς ἐργάτης S.Fr.563.    2 alike, ὅμοια χέρσον καὶ θάλασσαν ἐκπερῶν A.Eu.240.    II regul. Adv. ὁμοίως in like manner with, c. dat., Hdt.1.32, al. ; τοῖς μάλισθ' ὁ. D.Ep.2.24 : folld. by a relat. Partic., ὁ. ὡς εἰ . . Hdt.1.155 ; ὁ. ὥσπερ . . X.Cyr.1.4.6 ; ὁ. καὶ . . Hdt. 7.86, 8.60.β' : abs., ὁ. δέ and in like manner, PEleph.15.1 (iii B. C.), etc.    2 alike, equally, Pi.P.9.78, Hdt.7.100 ; Δαναοῖσι Τρωσί θ' ὁ. A.Ag.67 (anap.) ; λέγειν . . σιγᾶν θ' ὁ. Id.Eu.278, etc. ; τῷ νῷ θ' ὁ. κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης S.OC936 ; ὁ. μὲν... ὁ. δὲ . . Pl.Prt.319d ; ὁ. ἀμφοῖν ἀκροάσασθαι D.18.2 ; ὁ. ἔχειν to be uniform, Arist.Ph.261b25 : prov., οὐδ' ὅκου χώρης οἱ μῦς ὁ. τὸν σίδηρον τρώγουσιν like any other food, Herod. 3.76 (but perh. all alike, cf. Ar.Eq.1296 cod. R, Th.5.15 (s. v.l.), Plu.2.763c) : Comp. -ότερον AP11.233 (Lucill.) : Sup. -ότατα Ar.Fr. 281.