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

    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-

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