ὁμαλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (ὁμός, ἅμα) of a surface, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[even]], [[level]], οἱ δ' ὁμαλὸν ποίησαν <span class="bibl">Od.9.327</span> : freq. in Prose, opp. <b class="b3">τραχύς</b>, <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) <b class="b2">level ground</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.65</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">An.</span>4.2.16</span> : Sup. -ώτατον <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 <b class="b3">ἦθος</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1454a26</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-λῶς, ἀνώμαλος</b> [[regularly]] irregular, ib.<span class="bibl">a27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> of circumstances, <b class="b2">on a level, equal</b>, -ώτεραι ἂν αἱ οὐσίαι εἶεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1309a25</span> ; <b class="b3">ὁ. ὁ γάμος</b> marriage <b class="b2">with an equal</b>, <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> <b class="b2">on a level with</b> 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[not remarkable]], [[middling]], [[average]], <b class="b3">ὁ. στρατιώτης</b> <b class="b2">an ordinary sort of</b> soldier, <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.56</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. <b class="b3">ὁμαλῶς</b> (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 <b class="b2">in an even line</b>, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">on terms of equalily</b>, 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. <b class="b3">ὁμαλής</b>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[equal]], [[level]], [[smooth]] (ι 327).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ὁμαλής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Pl., X., Arist.; innovation, Schwyzer 513).<br />Compounds: As 2. member e.g. in <b class="b3">ἀν-ώμαλος</b> [[unequal]] (IA.; comp. length.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὁμαλ-ότης</b>, <b class="b3">-ητος</b> f. [[equality]], [[even surface]] (Pl., Arist.), <b class="b3">-εύς</b> m. [[leveller]] (who levels the bottom of the acker, pap. IIIa; Mayser I: 3, 15). Denominative Verbs: 1. <b class="b3">ὁμαλ-ίζω</b>, also w. <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b> a.o., <b class="b2">to level, to balance</b> (X., Arist.) with <b class="b3">ὁμαλ-ισμός</b> m. [[levelling]] (LXX, S.E.), <b class="b3">-ιξις</b> f. [[levelling]] (Delph., Didyma, <b class="b3">-ιστῆρες</b> m. pl. <b class="b2">instruments for levelling</b> (Gloss.), <b class="b3">-ιστρον</b> H.; hardky to <b class="b3">λίστρον</b>. 2. <b class="b3">ὁμαλ-ύνω</b>, also w. <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b3">προ-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>, <b class="b2">to make equal, to make level</b> (Hp., Pl., Arist.; Fraenkel Denom. 36f.) with <b class="b3">-υντικός</b> [[equational]] (Gal.). 3. <b class="b3">*ἀν-ομαλ-όω</b> in <b class="b3">ἀνομάλω-σις</b> f. [[equalisation]] (Arist.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [902] <b class="b2">*somh₂(e)lo-</b> [[level]], [[smooth]]<br />Etymology: Identical with Lat. [[similis]] [[similar]] (if <b class="b2">-lis</b> < <b class="b2">-los</b>) in formation; in any case with [[o]] -ablaut from the <b class="b2">l-</b>stem in Lat. [[semel]] [[once]], Goth. [[simle]] <b class="b2">one time</b> = [[once]] etc.; beside it an <b class="b2">n-</b>stem in Germ., e.g. OWNo. [[saman]] <b class="b2">together etc.</b> (Benveniste Origines 43). Arm. [[amol]] <b class="b2">harnessed pair of cows</b> (Adontz Mél. Boisacq 1, 10) must remain far for its meaning, cf. Dumézil BSL 39, 241 f.