ὁμαλός

See also: ομαλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is like that of Latin similis (“similar”) and Old Irish samail (“likeness, similarity”), thus from Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-, from *sem-. The ο- grade of the word is often thought to have been imported from ὁμός (homós, “similar”). Armenian ամոլ (amol, “harnessed pair of cows”) is probably unrelated.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.ma.lós/ → /o.maˈlos/ → /o.maˈlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.ma.lós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)o.maˈlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.maˈlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.maˈlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.maˈlos/

Adjective

ὁμᾰλός • (homalós) m (feminine ὁμᾰλή, neuter ὁμᾰλόν); first/second declension

1. (of a surface) even, level

   Antonym: τραχύς (trakhús)

2. (of a sediment) uniform in consistency
3. (of motion) even, equable
4. (of circumstances) equal, on a level
5. not remarkable, middling, average, ordinary

Inflection

First and second declension of ὁμᾰλός; ὁμᾰλή; ὁμᾰλόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὁμᾰλός homalós	ὁμᾰλή homalḗ	ὁμᾰλόν homalón		ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homalā́	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ		ὁμᾰλοί homaloí	ὁμᾰλαί homalaí	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homalá
Genitive		ὁμᾰλοῦ homaloû	ὁμᾰλῆς homalês	ὁμᾰλοῦ homaloû		ὁμᾰλοῖν homaloîn	ὁμᾰλαῖν homalaîn	ὁμᾰλοῖν homaloîn		ὁμᾰλῶν homalôn	ὁμᾰλῶν homalôn	ὁμᾰλῶν homalôn
Dative		ὁμᾰλῷ homalôi	ὁμᾰλῇ homalêi	ὁμᾰλῷ homalôi		ὁμᾰλοῖν homaloîn	ὁμᾰλαῖν homalaîn	ὁμᾰλοῖν homaloîn		ὁμᾰλοῖς homaloîs	ὁμᾰλαῖς homalaîs	ὁμᾰλοῖς homaloîs
Accusative		ὁμᾰλόν homalón	ὁμᾰλήν homalḗn	ὁμᾰλόν homalón		ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homalā́	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ		ὁμᾰλούς homaloús	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ς homalā́s	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homalá
Vocative		ὁμᾰλέ homalé	ὁμᾰλή homalḗ	ὁμᾰλόν homalón		ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homalā́	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ		ὁμᾰλοί homaloí	ὁμᾰλαί homalaí	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homalá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁμᾰλῶς homalôs				ὁμᾰλώτερος homalṓteros				ὁμᾰλώτᾰτος homalṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos)
• ὁμαλεύς (homaleús)
• ὁμαλής (homalḗs)
• ὁμαλίζω (homalízō)
• ὁμάλιξις (homálixis)
• ὁμαλισμός (homalismós)
• ὁμαλιστέον (homalistéon)
• ὁμαλιστήρ (homalistḗr)
• ὁμάλιστρον (homálistron)
• ὁμαλόδερμος (homalódermos)
• ὁμαλότης (homalótēs)
• ὁμαλυντικός (homaluntikós)
• ὁμαλύνω (homalúnō)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ομαλός (omalós)

References

• “ὁμαλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὁμαλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὁμαλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN