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^(key): /ho.mós/ → /oˈmos/ → /oˈmos/

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

Adjective

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

1. same, common, joint

Declension

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
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁμῶς				–				–
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: homo-

Derived terms

• ὁμογενής (homogenḗs)

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) ‎

See also

Ancient Greek correlatives

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις	†ὁ, οὗτος	ὅδε	ἐκεῖνος	ὅς	ὅστις	ὁ αὐτός (αὑτός), ὁμός	ἕτερος, ἄλλος
dual	πότερος	πότερος, ποτερός				ὁπότερος
quality	ποῖος	ποιός	†τοῖος, τοιοῦτος	τοιόσδε		οἷος	ὁποῖος	ὅμοιος	ἑτεροῖος, ἀλλοῖος
quantity	πόσος	ποσός	†τόσος, τοσοῦτος	τοσόσδε		ὅσος	ὁπόσος
manner	πῶς	πως	†τώς, †ὥς, οὕτως	ὧδε		ὡς	ὅπως	ὁμῶς	ἑτέρως, ἄλλως
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθί	ἐνταῦθα		ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθέν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν		ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα	πηνίκα	†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τόσακις			†ὁσάκις ὁποσάκις	ὁποσάκις
multiplication	ποσαπλάσιος					ὁσαπλάσιος, ὁσαπλασίων
order	πόστος	ποστός					ὁπόστος
† Forms rarely or never used in Classical Attic prose Relative also used in exclamations; either relative or indefinite relative used in indirect questions.

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