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