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

(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

same, common, joint

Declension

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

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 homắ
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 homắ
Vocative	ὁμέ homé	ὁμή homḗ	ὁμόν homón	ὁμώ homṓ	ὁμᾱ́ homā́	ὁμώ homṓ	ὁμοί homoí	ὁμαί homaí	ὁμᾰ́ homắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὁμῶς homôs			—			ὁμώτᾰτος homṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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-

type	interrogative	indefinite	demonstrative			relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial)	proximal	distal	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, ἁμόθεν	†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.

References

^ 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

ὁμός

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

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