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|Definition=ή, όν, ([[ὁμός]], [[ἅμα]]) of a [[surface]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[even]], [[level]], οἱ δ' ὁμαλὸν ποίησαν <span class="bibl">Od.9.327</span> : freq. in Prose, opp. [[τραχύς]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.12</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>996.32 (Smyrna), etc. ; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ ὁ., ἐς τὸ ὁ</b>., on (to) [[level ground]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.65</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>4.2.16</span> : Sup. [[ὁμαλώτατον]] <span class="bibl">Th.4.31</span>, cf. Hp.Aër.13 ; <b class="b3">λεῖον καὶ ὁ… σῶμα ἐποίησε</b> [[smooth]] and [[even]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>34b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[uniform]] in consistency, of a sediment, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Judic.</span>3</span>, Gal.9.605. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of sound, φωνὴ ὁ. καὶ λεία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>67b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>581a19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[even]], [[equable]], κατάτασις δικαίη καὶ ὁ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>30</span> ; of motion, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>223a1</span>, etc. ; δίνη <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.53U.</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ὁ. καὶ σύμμετρον</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἄκρατον</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 773a</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸ ὁ</b>. [[consistency]], of [[ἦθος]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1454a26</span>. Adv. [[ὁμαλῶς]], [[ἀνώμαλος]] [[regularly]] [[irregular]], ib.<span class="bibl">a27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of circumstances, [[on a level]], [[equal]], ὁμαλώτεραι ἂν αἱ οὐσίαι εἶεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1309a25</span> ; <b class="b3">ὁ. ὁ γάμος</b> marriage [[with an equal]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>901</span> (lyr.) ; ὁ. ἔρωτες <span class="bibl">Theoc.12.10</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀλλάλοις ὁμαλοί</b> [[on a level with]] one another, [[equal]], <span class="bibl">Id.15.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Erinn.4.2</span> ; ὁ. βίος <span class="title">IG</span>14.463. Adv. <b class="b3">-λῶς, ἡ δίαιθ' ὁ. διάκειται</b> is [[equable]], <span class="bibl">Critias 6.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[not remarkable]], [[middling]], [[average]], <b class="b3">ὁ. στρατιώτης</b> an [[ordinary]] [[sort]] of [[soldier]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.56</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[ὁμαλῶς]] (cf. supr. <span class="bibl">1.4</span>,<span class="bibl">5</span>) [[evenly]], ἀλείφειν καὶ περιστέλλειν ὁ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>17</span> ; <b class="b3">ὁ. βαίνειν</b> march [[in an even line]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.70</span> ; ὁ. προϊέναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.14</span> ; <b class="b3">ὁ. ῥίπτειν, σπείρειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oec.</span>17.7</span>, <span class="bibl">20.3</span> ; κινεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>238a21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2pp.49,51</span> U. ; εὐφραίνεσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>48</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> on terms of [[equality]], ὁ. [[βιῶναι]] <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.151</span> ; <b class="b3">πραγμάτων ὁ. πάντων</b> of all [[alike]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>6</span> ; <b class="b3">πάντες ὁ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">10</span>, etc. ; ὁ. πανταχοῦ <span class="bibl">Damox.2.30</span>.—Cf. [[ὁμαλής]].</span>