ὅμιλος
οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησεν, ἦν ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη → This son of mine was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and he's been found.
English (LSJ)
Aeol. ὄμιλλος EM658.55 : ὁ : (ὁμός, ἴλη)
A any assembled 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 chiefs, προπάροιθεν ὁμίλου Il.3.22 ; ὅ. Δαναῶν, Τρώων, etc., 19.402,4.86, al. ; ἵππων καὶ ἀνδρῶν ὅ. 10.338 ; τὸν ψιλὸν ὅ. the crowd of irregulars, opp. ὁπλῖται, Th.4.125 ; mob, διδασκάλῳ χρείωνται ὁμίλῳ Heraclit.104 ; ὁ πολλὸς ὅ. Hdt.1.88, cf. 3.81 ; τυφλὸν δ' ἔχει ἦτορ ὅ. ἀνδρῶν ὁ πλεῖστος Pi.N.7.24 ; but also ὅ. πολλὸς μὲν Ἕλλην περιοικέει a large Hellenic population, Hdt.5.23. b of inanimate objects, [σῆμα] οὔ τι μεμιγμένον ἐστὶν ὁμίλῳ Od.8.196. 2 throng of battle, τὴν ἔξαγ' ὁμίλου Il.5.353, cf. 4.516, etc. ; πρώτῳ ἐν ὁ. 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 pl.
