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ὅμοιος or (as in Hom., Ion., and old Att.) ὁμοῖος , α, ον (cf. ἐρῆμος, ἑτοῖμος) : later Ep. also ὁμοίιος (B, q.v.) ; Aeol. ὔμοιος Theoc.29.20 (Adv.
A.-ωςIG12(2).69a6) ; Arc. ὑμοῖος Schwyzer665A15 (Orchom., iv B.C.) : (ὁμός) :—like, resembling, ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν . ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν . 'birds of a feather flock together', Od.17.218 ; “ . τῷ .Pl.Grg.510b ; “ . ὡς τὸν .Arist.EN1155a34 ; τὸ . τῷ . φίλον ib.1165b17, v. infr. 6 ; ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν . as in similar cases (of persons), BGU79.18 (ii A.D.), etc. : Comp. “-ότεροςmore like, Pl.Phd.79b : Sup. “-ότατοςmost like, Hdt.2.92, S.Ant.833 (lyr.), etc.
3. equal in force, a match for one, Il.23.632, Hdt.9.96.
4. of things, suiting, according with,πολλά τε καὶ . ἑαυταῖςId.R.549e ; “. τῇ φύσειAr.Th.167.
7. ἐν ὁμοίῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι hold a thing in like esteem, Id.7.138,8.109.
8.ἐκ τοῦ .in like fashion, likewise, Th.6.78,87 ; “ἐκ τῶν .ceteris paribus, Pl.Phdr.243d ; on equal terms, in fair fight, A.Ag.1423 ; so ἐν τῷ . στρατεύεσθαι καὶ ὅτε . . as when . . , Th.6.21, etc.
II. of the same rank or station, Hdt.1.134 ; “γαμεῖν ἐκ τῶν .Cleobul. ap. Stob.3.1.172, POxy.124.2 (iii A.D.), PSI 2.120.33 (iv A.D.?) : hence οἱ ὅμοιοι, in aristocratic states, peers, all citizens who had equal right to hold state-offices, esp. at Sparta, X.HG 3.3.5, Lac.13.1,7, Arist.Pol.1306b30 ; “Περσέων ὁμοίους τοῖσι πρώτοισι δυώδεκαHdt.3.35.
III. Geom., of figures, similar, Euc.6 Def.1, 3 Def.11, al. ; of angles, similar, i.e. equal, Arist.Cael.296b20,297b19, 311b34, cf. Thalesap.Procl.in Euc.1p.251F.
2. of Numbers, square, the product of two equal factors, Plot.6.2.21 ; cf. “ἀνόμοιος2.
B. Construction :
1. abs., freq. in Hom., etc. (v. supr.).
2. c. dat. of the person or thing which another resembles : so always in Hom., Hes., and usu. in Hdt. and Att. (v. supr.) : but sts. c. gen., τοῖσι τούτων ὁμοίοις χύμασι v.l. in Hp.Art.12 (DielsZtschr.f.vergl. Sprachf.47.200), v. l. in Hdt.3.37 and Pl.R.472d ; τουτέων οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλο ἔθνος ὁμοίας τὰς κεφαλὰς ἔχον οὐδέν (ellipt. as in b. infr.) Hp. Aër.14 ; “ λεκτικὸς πῇ μὲν ὅμοιος Ἡροδότου, πῇ δὲ ἐνδεέστεροςD.H. Pomp.4 ; “ὁμοία ἀνδριάντοςDion.Byz.53 ; “ὅμοιον ἱέρακοςCyran.22, cf. 12.
3. c. acc. of that in which a person or thing resembles another, “ἀθανάτῃσι φυὴν καὶ εἶδος ὁμοίηOd.6.16, cf. 3.468, Il.5.778 ; “ὀργὴν . τῷ κάκιστ᾽ αὐδωμένῳA.Th.678, cf. S.Aj.1153, etc. : also with Preps., “ὁμοῖοι ἐν πολέμῳIl.12.270 ; “ἐς φύσιν οὐδὲν .Batr.32 ; “. τινὶ πρός τιX.Cyn.5.29 ; but οὐδὲν ὁμοῖον ἦν μοι πρὸς τοῦτον I had nothing in common with him, Is. 8.26.
4. c. inf., θείειν ἀνέμοισιν ὁμοῖοι like the winds in running, Il. 10.437 ; τῷ οὔ πώ τις ὁμοῖος κοσμῆσαι ἵππους like him to marshal or in marshalling horses, 2.553, cf. 14.521 ; ὅμοιοι ἦσαν θαυμάζειν (s. v.l., θαυμάζοντες codd. dett.) X.An.3.5.13.
b.ὅμοιον εἰπεῖνapproximately, Men.Epit.548.
C. Adv., freq. in the neut. sg. and pl. ὅμοιον, ὅμοια (older ὁμοῖον, ὁμοῖα) in like manner with, c. dat., ὁμοῖα τοῖσι μάλιστα 'second to none', Hdt.3.8, cf. Th.7.29 ; “ὁμοῖα τοῖσι πλουσιωτάτοισιHdt.3.57 ; “ὅμοιον μουσίσδει . . ταῖσιν ἀηδονίσιTheoc.8.37 : folld. by a relat. Partic., ὁμοῖον ὥστε . . even as, S.Ant.587 (lyr.) ; “. ὡς εἰ . . Pl.Lg.628d ; “ὁμοῖα καὶ βοῦς ἐργάτηςS.Fr.563.
II. regul. Adv. ὁμοίως in like manner with, c. dat., Hdt.1.32, al. ; “τοῖς μάλισθ᾽ .D.Ep.2.24 : folld. by a relat. Partic., “. ὡς εἰ . . Hdt.1.155 ; “. ὥσπερ . . X.Cyr.1.4.6 ; “. καὶ . . Hdt. 7.86, 8.60.β᾽ : abs., . δέ and in like manner, PEleph.15.1 (iii B. C.), etc.
2. alike, equally, Pi.P.9.78, Hdt.7.100 ; “Δαναοῖσι Τρωσί θ᾽ .A.Ag.67 (anap.) ; “λέγειν . . σιγᾶν θ᾽ .Id.Eu.278, etc. ; “τῷ νῷ θ᾽ . κἀπὸ τῆς γλώσσηςS.OC936 ; “. μὲν . . , . δὲ . . Pl.Prt.319d ; “. ἀμφοῖν ἀκροάσασθαιD.18.2 ; “. ἔχεινto be uniform, Arist.Ph.261b25 : prov., “οὐδ᾽ ὅκου χώρης οἱ μῦς . τὸν σίδηρον τρώγουσινlike any other food, Herod. 3.76 (but perh. all alike, cf. Ar.Eq.1296 cod. R, Th.5.15 (s. v.l.), Plu.2.763c) : Comp. “-ότερονAP11.233 (Lucill.) : Sup. “-όταταAr.Fr. 281.
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