ὅμηρος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hó.mɛː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)o.me̝.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.mi.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.mi.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.mi.ros/
Noun
ὅμηρος • (hómēros) m (genitive ὁμήρου); second declension
- pledge, surety, hostage
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.108.3:
- Λοκρῶν τῶν Ὀπουντίων ἑκατὸν ἄνδρας ὁμήρους τοὺς πλουσιωτάτους ἔλαβον
- Lokrôn tôn Opountíōn hekatòn ándras homḗrous toùs plousiōtátous élabon
- from the Locrians of Opus [The Athenians] took as hostages a hundred of the richest men
- Λοκρῶν τῶν Ὀπουντίων ἑκατὸν ἄνδρας ὁμήρους τοὺς πλουσιωτάτους ἔλαβον
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὅμηρος ho hómēros |
τὼ ὁμήρω tṑ homḗrō |
οἱ ὅμηροι hoi hómēroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὁμήρου toû homḗrou |
τοῖν ὁμήροιν toîn homḗroin |
τῶν ὁμήρων tôn homḗrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὁμήρῳ tôi homḗrōi |
τοῖν ὁμήροιν toîn homḗroin |
τοῖς ὁμήροις toîs homḗrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὅμηρον tòn hómēron |
τὼ ὁμήρω tṑ homḗrō |
τοὺς ὁμήρους toùs homḗrous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὅμηρε hómēre |
ὁμήρω homḗrō |
ὅμηροι hómēroi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὅμηρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὅμηρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers