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|Definition=Aeol. [[ὄμιλλος]] ''EM''658.55: ὁ: ([[ὁμός]], [[ἴλη]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> any [[assemble]]d [[crowd]], [[throng of people]], for a [[feast]], Od.1.225; for a [[spectacle]], Il.18.603,23.651, cf. Pi.''P.''9.123, al., A.''Pers.''123, al., E.''Cyc.''100, al., Hdt. (v. infr.): rare in Att. Com. and Prose, as Cratin.323, Th.2.65, 4.112; esp. the [[mass]] of the [[people]], the [[crowd]], opp. the [[chief]]s, προπάροιθεν ὁμίλου Il.3.22; <b class="b3">ὅμιλος Δαναῶν, ὅμιλος Τρώων</b>, etc., 19.402,4.86, al.; ἵππων καὶ ἀνδρῶν ὅμιλος 10.338; <b class="b3">τὸν ψιλὸν ὅμιλον</b> the [[crowd]] of [[irregular]]s, opp. [[ὁπλῖται]], Th.4.125; [[mob]], διδασκάλῳ χρείωνται ὁμίλῳ Heraclit.104; ὁ πολλὸς ὅμιλος Hdt.1.88, cf. 3.81; τυφλὸν δ' ἔχει ἦτορ ὅ. ἀνδρῶν ὁ πλεῖστος Pi.''N.''7.24; but also <b class="b3">ὅ. πολλὸς μὲν Ἕλλην περιοικέει</b> a large [[Hellenic]] [[population]], Hdt.5.23.<br><span class="bld">b</span> of inanimate objects, [σῆμα] οὔ τι μεμιγμένον ἐστὶν ὁμίλῳ Od.8.196.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[throng]] of [[battle]], τὴν ἔξαγ' ὁμίλου Il.5.353, cf. 4.516, etc.; <b class="b3">πρώτῳ ἐν ὁ.</b> in the [[forefront]] of [[battle]], 17.471: generally, [[tumult]], [[confusion]], βοῇ καὶ ὁμίλῳ Hdt.9.59; σοφίῃ καὶ μὴ βίῃ καὶ ὁ. Id.3.127.—The word seems not to be used in plural