ὁμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *homós, from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same, alike”). Cognate with εἷς (heîs, “one”), as well as Old English sama (English same), Sanskrit सम (sama), Old Persian 𐏃𐎶 (hama), Old Church Slavonic самъ (samŭ).^[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.mós/ → /oˈmos/ → /oˈmos/

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

Adjective

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

1. same, common, joint

Declension

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὁμός homós	ὁμή homḗ	ὁμόν homón		ὁμώ homṓ	ὁμᾱ́ homā́	ὁμώ homṓ		ὁμοί homoí	ὁμαί homaí	ὁμᾰ́ homá
Genitive		ὁμοῦ homoû	ὁμῆς homês	ὁμοῦ homoû		ὁμοῖν homoîn	ὁμαῖν homaîn	ὁμοῖν homoîn		ὁμῶν homôn	ὁμῶν homôn	ὁμῶν homôn
Dative		ὁμῷ homôi	ὁμῇ homêi	ὁμῷ homôi		ὁμοῖν homoîn	ὁμαῖν homaîn	ὁμοῖν homoîn		ὁμοῖς homoîs	ὁμαῖς homaîs	ὁμοῖς homoîs
Accusative		ὁμόν homón	ὁμήν homḗn	ὁμόν homón		ὁμώ homṓ	ὁμᾱ́ homā́	ὁμώ homṓ		ὁμούς homoús	ὁμᾱ́ς homā́s	ὁμᾰ́ homá
Vocative		ὁμέ homé	ὁμή homḗ	ὁμόν homón		ὁμώ homṓ	ὁμᾱ́ homā́	ὁμώ homṓ		ὁμοί homoí	ὁμαί homaí	ὁμᾰ́ homá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁμῶς homôs				—				ὁμώτᾰτος homṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of ὁμός; ὁμή; ὁμόν (Attic)

Derived terms

• ὅμοιος (hómoios)
• ὅμορος (hómoros)
• ὁμαιχμία (homaikhmía)
• ὁμῆλιξ (homêlix)

Descendants

• Greek: ομο- (omo-), ομό (omó)
• → Danish: homo-
• → Dutch: homo-
• → English: homo-
• → Finnish: homo-
• → French: homo-
• → German: homo-
• → Italian: omo-
• → Latvian: homo-
• → Polish: homo-
• → Portuguese: homo-
• → Russian: гомо- (gomo-)
• → Spanish: homo-

See also

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	τίς	τις, ἔνιοι	†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
method, path, place	πῇ	πῃ	τῇ, ταύτῃ	τῇδε	ἐκείνῃ	ᾗ	ὅπῃ		ἄλλῃ
place	ποῦ, †πόθι	που, †ποθι	ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε	ἐκεῖ, ἔνθα, †ἐκεῖθι	οὗ, ἔνθα, †ὅθι	ὅπου, †ὁπόθι	αὐτόθι, ὁμοῦ	ἄλλοθι
source	πόθεν	ποθεν	†τόθεν, ἔνθεν, ἐντεῦθεν	ἐνθένδε	ἐκεῖθεν	ὅθεν	ὁπόθεν	†ὁμόθεν	ἄλλοθεν
destination	ποῖ, †πόσε	ποι	ἔνθα, ἐνταῦθα	ἐνθάδε, δεῦρο	ἐκεῖσε	οἷ	ὅποι, †ὁπόσε	αὐτόσε, ὁμόσε	ἄλλοσε
time	πότε, πῆμος	ποτέ, ποτε, τοτέ, ἐνίοτε	τότε, τῆμος	τημόσδε		ὅτε, ἦμος	ὁπότε, †ὁππῆμος	ἅμα	ἄλλοτε
exact time	πηνίκα		†τηνίκα, τηνικαῦτα	τηνικάδε		ἡνίκα	ὁπηνίκα	αὐτίκα
duration of time			τέως			ἕως
size, age	πηλίκος	πηλίκος	†τηλίκος, τηλικοῦτος	τηλικόσδε		ἡλίκος	ὁπηλίκος	ὁμῆλιξ
repetition	ποσάκις, ποσίνδα	ποσάκις	τουτάκις, τοσάκις			†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.

Ancient Greek correlatives ^(edit)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὁμός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1079

Further reading

• “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