οἶμος

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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγωhowever, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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Full diacritics: οἶμος Medium diacritics: οἶμος Low diacritics: οίμος Capitals: ΟΙΜΟΣ
Transliteration A: oîmos Transliteration B: oimos Transliteration C: oimos Beta Code: oi)=mos

English (LSJ)

(οἷμος S.Ichn.168, Call.Aet.Oxy.2079.27, Parth.Fr.31, Epigr.Gr. (v. infr.), Hdn.Gr.1.546, cf. φροίμιον), ὁ, also ἡ (v. infr.),

   A way, road, path, Hes.Op.290, Pi.P.4.248 ; λευρὸν οἶ. αἰθέρος A.Pr. 396 ; ἁπλῆ οἶ. εἰς Ἅιδου φέρει Id.Fr.239 ; ὀρθὴν παρ' οἶ., ἣ 'πὶ Λάρισαν φέρει E.Alc.835 ; ἐς τὴν παραπλησίην οἶ. ἐμπίπτουσιν Hp. Decent.4 ; τὸν αὐτὸν οἶ. πορευόμενοι Pl.R.420b ; ἄλλην οἶ. ἐκπορεύεται Men.681 ; λυγρήν θ' οἷ. ἔβην Epigr.Gr.227 (Teos).    2 stripe, οἶμοι κυάνοιο stripes or layers of cyanos, Il.11.24.    3 strip of land, tract, country, Σκύθην ἐς οἶ. A.Pr.2.    4 metaph., οἶμος ἀοιδῆς the course or strain of song, h.Merc.451 ; ἐπέων οἶμον λιγύν Pi.O.9.47, cf. P. 2.96, Call.Jov.78.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

οἶμος: ὁ, παρὰ δὲ τοῖς Ἀττ. ὡς καὶ τοῖς μεταγεν. Ἐπικ. καὶ ἡ, (ὡς ἡ ὁδός)· - ὁδός, δρόμος, ἀτραπός, Ἡσ. Ἔργ. κ. Ἡμ. 288, Πινδ. Π. 2. 175., 4. 441· λευρὸν οἶμον αἰθέρος Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 394 ἁπλῆν οἶμον ... εἰς Ἄιδου φέρειν ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀποσπ. 222· ὀρθὴν παρ’ οἶμον, ἢ ’πὶ Λάρισαν φέρει Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 835· τὸν αὐτὸν οἶμον πορεύεσθαι Πλάτ. Πολ. 420Β· ἄλλην οἶμον ἐκπορεύεται Μένανδρ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 467· λυγρὴν τ’ οἶμον ἔβην Ἑλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 227. 2) σειρά, ἔλασμα, οἶμοι κυάνοιο, σειραὶ ἢ γραμμαὶ ἐκ κυάνου (ἐπὶ τοῦ θώρακος), Ἰλ. Λ. 24. 3) λωρίς, μέρος γῆς, χώρα, Σκύθην ἐς οἶμον Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 2. 4) μεταφ., οἶμος ἀοιδῆς, ὁ τρόπος, τὸ μέλος, ὁ «ἦχος» τοῦ ᾄσματος, Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἑρμ. 451, Πινδ. Ο. 9. 72· πρβλ. οἶμα, οἴμη.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ, att. ἡ)
I. chemin, route;
II. p. ext. longée (cf. lat. tractus), d’où
1 trait, ligne;
2 région, contrée.
Étymologie: R. Ἰ, aller ; cf. εἶμι.