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|Definition=or (as in Hom., Ion., and old Att.) ὁμοῖος, α, ον (cf. <b class="b3">ἐρῆμος, ἑτοῖμος</b>) : later Ep. also ὁμοίιος (B, q.v.) ; Aeol. ὔμοιος <span class="bibl">Theoc.29.20</span> (Adv.<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ως <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).69a6) ; Arc. ὑμοῖος <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>665<span class="title">A</span>15 (Orchom., iv B.C.) : (ὁμός) :—[[like]], [[resembling]], <b class="b3">ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁ. ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁ</b>. 'birds of a feather flock together', <span class="bibl">Od.17.218</span> ; ὁ ὅ. τῷ ὁ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>510b</span> ; ὁ ὅ. ὡς τὸν ὅ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1155a34</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸ ὅ. τῷ ὁ. φίλον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1165b17</span>, v. infr. <span class="bibl">6</span> ; <b class="b3">ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ὁ</b>. as in [[similar]] cases (of persons), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>79.18</span> (ii A.D.), etc. : Comp. -ότερος <b class="b2">more like</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>79b</span> : Sup. -ότατος <b class="b2">most like</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>833</span> (lyr.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">the same</b>, ἄμφω γὰρ πέπρωται ὁμοίην γαῖαν ἐρεῦσαι <span class="bibl">Il.18.329</span> ; χρὼς οὐκέθ' ὁ. <span class="bibl">Od.16.182</span> ; hence (sc. <b class="b3">ἑαυτῷ</b>), <b class="b2">always the same, unchanging</b>, αἰεὶ πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ὁμοῖοι <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>114</span> ; ὅ. τὴν γνώμην [[the same as ever]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.76</span> ; γνῶμαι πρὸς τοὺς αὐτοὺς κινδύνους ὁμοῖαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.89</span> ; ἀεὶ ὅ. εἶ, ὦ Ἀπολλόδωρε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>173d</span> ; <b class="b3">ἓν καὶ ὅ</b>. one and <b class="b2">the same</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>271a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">equal in force, a match for one</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.632</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.96</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of things, [[suiting]], [[according with]], πολλά τε καὶ ὅ. ἑαυταῖς Id.<span class="title">R.</span>549e ; ὅ. τῇ φύσει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>167</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ὁμοῖον ἡμῖν ἔσται</b> it will be <b class="b2">all the same, all one</b> to us, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.80</span> ; σὺ δ' αἰνεῖν εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις, ὁμοῖον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1404</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1239</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1069</span> ; ἐν τῷ ὁ. καθειστήκει <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">τὸ ὅ. ἀνταποδιδόναι</b> give <b class="b2">'tit for tat'</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.18</span> ; so <b class="b3">τὴν ὁμοίην</b> (sc. <b class="b3">δίκην, χάριν</b>) ἀποδιδόναι τινί <span class="bibl">Id.4.119</span>, <span class="bibl">6.21</span>,<span class="bibl">62</span> ; <b class="b3">τὴν ὁ. φέρεσθαι παρά τινος</b> to have <b class="b2">a like return</b> made one, ibid. ; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ</b>, v. [[ἴσος]] <span class="bibl">11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">ἐν ὁμοίῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι</b> hold a thing <b class="b2">in like esteem</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.7.138</span>,<span class="bibl">8.109</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> ἐκ τοῦ ὁ. <b class="b2">in like fashion, likewise</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.78</span>,<span class="bibl">87</span> ; ἐκ τῶν ὁ. <b class="b2">ceteris paribus</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>243d</span> ; <b class="b2">on equal terms, in fair fight</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1423</span> ; so <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ ὁ. στρατεύεσθαι καὶ ὅτε . .</b> as when... <span class="bibl">Th.6.21</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[of the same rank]] or [[station]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.134</span> ; γαμεῖν ἐκ τῶν ὁ. Cleobul. ap. Stob.3.1.172, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>124.2</span> (iii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span> 2.120.33</span> (iv A.D.?) : hence <b class="b3">οἱ ὅμοιοι</b>, in aristocratic states, <b class="b2">peers, all citizens who had equal right to hold state-offices</b>, esp. at Sparta, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 3.3.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lac.</span>13.1</span>,<span class="bibl">7</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1306b30</span> ; Περσέων ὁμοίους τοῖσι πρώτοισι δυώδεκα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Geom., of figures, [[similar]], <span class="bibl">Euc.6</span> <span class="title">Def.</span>1, 3 <span class="title">Def.</span>11, al. ; of angles, [[similar]], i.e. [[equal]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>296b20</span>,<span class="bibl">297b19</span>, <span class="bibl">311b34</span>, cf. Thalesap.<span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">in Euc.</span>1p.251F.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of Numbers, [[square]], the product of two equal factors, <span class="bibl">Plot.6.2.21</span> ; cf. ἀνόμοιος <span class="bibl">2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Construction : </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> abs., freq. in Hom., etc. (v. supr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> 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., <b class="b3">τοῖσι τούτων ὁμοίοις χύμασι</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>12</span> (Diels<b class="b2">Ztschr.f.vergl</b>. <span class="title">Sprachf.</span>47.200), v. l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.37</span> and <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>472d</span> ; <b class="b3">τουτέων οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλο ἔθνος ὁμοίας τὰς κεφαλὰς ἔχον οὐδέν</b> (ellipt. as in b. infr.) Hp. Aër.14 ; ὁ λεκτικὸς πῇ μὲν ὅμοιος Ἡροδότου, πῇ δὲ ἐνδεέστερος <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Pomp.</span>4</span> ; ὁμοία ἀνδριάντος <span class="bibl">Dion.Byz.53</span> ; ὅμοιον ἱέρακος Cyran.22, cf. 12. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> ellipt. phrases, <b class="b3">κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι</b>, for <b class="b3">κόμαι ταῖς τῶν Χαρίτων ὁμοῖαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.17.51</span> ; <b class="b3">οὔ τις ὁμοῖα νοήματα Πηνελοπείῃ ᾔδη</b>, for <b class="b3">τοῖς τῆς Πηνελοπείης</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.2.121</span> : also in Prose, <b class="b3">ἅρματα ὅ. ἐκείνῳ</b>, for <b class="b3">τοῖς ἐκείνου</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.50</span> ; <b class="b3">ὁμοίαν ταῖς δούλαις ἐσθῆτα</b>, for <b class="b3">τῇ τῶν δουλῶν</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">5.1.4</span> ; cf. ἴσος <span class="bibl">1.1</span>, συγγενής <span class="bibl">111.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. of that in which a person or thing resembles another, ἀθανάτῃσι φυὴν καὶ εἶδος ὁμοίη <span class="bibl">Od.6.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.468</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.778</span> ; ὀργὴν ὁ. τῷ κάκιστ' αὐδωμένῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>678</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1153</span>, etc. : also with Preps., ὁμοῖοι ἐν πολέμῳ <span class="bibl">Il.12.270</span> ; ἐς φύσιν οὐδὲν ὁ. <span class="bibl">Batr.32</span> ; ὅ. τινὶ πρός τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.29</span> ; but <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ὁμοῖον ἦν μοι πρὸς τοῦτον</b> I had nothing <b class="b2">in common</b> with him, <span class="bibl">Is. 8.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">θείειν ἀνέμοισιν ὁμοῖοι</b> [[like]] the winds in running, <span class="bibl">Il. 10.437</span> ; <b class="b3">τῷ οὔ πώ τις ὁμοῖος κοσμῆσαι ἵππους</b> [[like]] him to marshal or in marshalling horses, <span class="bibl">2.553</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">14.521</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅμοιοι ἦσαν θαυμάζειν</b> (s. v.l., <b class="b3">θαυμάζοντες</b> codd. dett.) <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.5.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> ὅμοιον εἰπεῖν [[approximately]], <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>548</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> folld. by a Relat., <b class="b3">ὁμοίη, οἵην με τὸ πρῶτον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι νόησας</b> [[like]] as when thou saw'st me first, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span> 178</span> ; ὅμοιον... οἷόνπερ τὸ τῶν ποταμῶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.2.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hier.</span>7.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.37</span> : folld. by <b class="b3">ὅσπερ</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>5.4.34</span> ; by ὥσπερ, ὁ. ἀτμὸς ὥσπερ ἐκ τάφου πρέπει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1311</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.37</span> ; by <b class="b3">ὥστε</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>697</span> ; v. infr. c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> folld. by <b class="b3">καί</b> (='as'), γνώμῃσι ἐχρέωντο ὁμοίῃσι καὶ σύ <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.120</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>48b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>154a</span> ; οὐδέν τι γενόμενος ἐς Ἀχαιοὺς ὅμοιος [ἢ] καὶ Καλλίστρατος . . <span class="bibl">Paus.7.16.4</span> ; v. [[καί]] A. 111. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">C</span> Adv., freq. in the neut. sg. and pl. <b class="b3">ὅμοιον, ὅμοια</b> (older <b class="b3">ὁμοῖον, ὁμοῖα</b>) [[in like manner with]], c. dat., <b class="b3">ὁμοῖα τοῖσι μάλιστα</b> 'second to none', <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.7.29</span> ; ὁμοῖα τοῖσι πλουσιωτάτοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.57</span> ; ὅμοιον μουσίσδει . . ταῖσιν ἀηδονίσι <span class="bibl">Theoc.8.37</span> : folld. by a relat. Partic., <b class="b3">ὁμοῖον ὥστε . .</b> [[even]] as, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>587</span> (lyr.) ; ὁ. ὡς εἰ . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>628d</span> ; ὁμοῖα καὶ βοῦς ἐργάτης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>563</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[alike]], ὅμοια χέρσον καὶ θάλασσαν ἐκπερῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>240</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> regul. Adv. <b class="b3">ὁμοίως</b> [[in like manner with]], c. dat., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, al. ; τοῖς μάλισθ' ὁ. <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2.24</span> : folld. by a relat. Partic., ὁ. ὡς εἰ . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.155</span> ; ὁ. ὥσπερ . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.6</span> ; ὁ. καὶ . . <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.86</span>, <span class="bibl">8.60</span>.<b class="b3">β'</b> : abs., <b class="b3">ὁ. δέ</b> and <b class="b2">in like manner</b>, PEleph.15.1 (iii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[alike]], [[equally]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.78</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.100</span> ; Δαναοῖσι Τρωσί θ' ὁ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>67</span> (anap.) ; λέγειν . . σιγᾶν θ' ὁ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>278</span>, etc. ; τῷ νῷ θ' ὁ. κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>936</span> ; ὁ. μὲν... ὁ. δὲ . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>319d</span> ; ὁ. ἀμφοῖν ἀκροάσασθαι <span class="bibl">D.18.2</span> ; ὁ. ἔχειν <b class="b2">to be uniform</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>261b25</span> : prov., οὐδ' ὅκου χώρης οἱ μῦς ὁ. τὸν σίδηρον τρώγουσιν [[like any other food]], <span class="bibl">Herod. 3.76</span> (but perh. <b class="b2">all alike</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1296</span> cod. R, <span class="bibl">Th.5.15</span> (s. v.l.), Plu.2.763c) : Comp. -ότερον <span class="title">AP</span>11.233 (Lucill.) : Sup. -ότατα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 281</span>.</span>