ὁμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *somHós, from the root *sem-, which also gave εἷς ‎(heîs, “one”). Cognate with Old English sama (English same), Sanskrit सम ‎(sama), Old Persian 𐏃𐎶 ‎(hama), Old Church Slavonic самъ ‎(samŭ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA: /ho.mós/ → /o.ˈmos/ → /o.ˈmos/

• 5th BC Attic: IPA: /ho.mós/
• 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /(h)o.ˈmos/
• 4th AD Koine: IPA: /o.ˈmos/
• 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /o.ˈmos/
• 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /o.ˈmos/

Adjective

ὁμός • ‎(homós) m ‎(feminine ὁμή, neuter ὁμόν); first/second declension

1. same, common, joint

Inflection

    First and second declension of ὁμός, ὁμή, ὁμόν

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὁμός	ὁμή	ὁμόν	ὁμώ	ὁμᾱ́	ὁμώ	ὁμοί	ὁμαί	ὁμᾰ́
Genitive	ὁμοῦ	ὁμῆς	ὁμοῦ	ὁμοῖν	ὁμαῖν	ὁμοῖν	ὁμῶν	ὁμῶν	ὁμῶν
Dative	ὁμῷ	ὁμῇ	ὁμῷ	ὁμοῖν	ὁμαῖν	ὁμοῖν	ὁμοῖς	ὁμαῖς	ὁμοῖς
Accusative	ὁμόν	ὁμήν	ὁμόν	ὁμώ	ὁμᾱ́	ὁμώ	ὁμούς	ὁμᾱ́ς	ὁμᾰ́
Vocative	ὁμέ	ὁμή	ὁμόν	ὁμώ	ὁμᾱ́	ὁμώ	ὁμοί	ὁμαί	ὁμᾰ́

Descendants

• English: homo-

Related terms

• ὅμοιος ‎(hómoios, “like, similar”)
• ὁμοιούσιος ‎(homoioúsios, “of like being, of similar being”)
• ὁμοούσιος ‎(homooúsios, “of same being”)
• οὖσα ‎(oûsa) (feminine present participle of ‎εἰμί ‎(eimí, “to be, I am”))
• οὐσία ‎(ousía, “being (noun)”)
• ούσιος ‎(oúsios) ‎

References

• ὁμός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὁμός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὁμός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ὁμός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ὁμός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963