ὁμαλός

See also: ομαλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-s, from *sem- (“together, one”); particularly similar cognates include Latin similis (“similar”) and Old Irish samail (“likeness, similarity”). The ο- grade of the word is often thought to have been imported by analogy from ὁμός (homós, “similar”). Armenian ամոլ (amol, “harnessed pair of cows”) is probably unrelated.^[1]

Pronunciation

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

(of a surface) even, level
Antonym: τραχύς (trakhús)
(of a sediment) uniform in consistency
(of motion) even, equable
(of circumstances) equal, on a level
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 homălós	ὁμᾰλή homălḗ	ὁμᾰλόν homălón	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homălā́	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλοί homăloí	ὁμᾰλαί homălaí	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homălắ
Genitive	ὁμᾰλοῦ homăloû	ὁμᾰλῆς homălês	ὁμᾰλοῦ homăloû	ὁμᾰλοῖν homăloîn	ὁμᾰλαῖν homălaîn	ὁμᾰλοῖν homăloîn	ὁμᾰλῶν homălôn	ὁμᾰλῶν homălôn	ὁμᾰλῶν homălôn
Dative	ὁμᾰλῷ homălōî	ὁμᾰλῇ homălēî	ὁμᾰλῷ homălōî	ὁμᾰλοῖν homăloîn	ὁμᾰλαῖν homălaîn	ὁμᾰλοῖν homăloîn	ὁμᾰλοῖς homăloîs	ὁμᾰλαῖς homălaîs	ὁμᾰλοῖς homăloîs
Accusative	ὁμᾰλόν homălón	ὁμᾰλήν homălḗn	ὁμᾰλόν homălón	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homălā́	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλούς homăloús	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ς homălā́s	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homălắ
Vocative	ὁμᾰλέ homălé	ὁμᾰλή homălḗ	ὁμᾰλόν homălón	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homălā́	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλοί homăloí	ὁμᾰλαί homălaí	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homălắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὁμᾰλῶς homălôs			ὁμᾰλώτερος homălṓteros			ὁμᾰλώτᾰτος homălṓtătos
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

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὁμαλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1074