ὅμοιος

See also: όμοιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὁμοῖος (homoîos) – Epic, Ionic, Old Attic
• ὁμοίιος (homoíios) – Epic
• ὔμοιος (úmoios) – Ionic
• ὑμοῖος (humoîos) – Arcadocypriot

Etymology

ὁμός (homós, “same”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hó.moi̯.os/ → /ˈo.my.os/ → /ˈo.mi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hó.moi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)o.my.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.my.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.my.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.mi.os/

Adjective

ὅμοιος • (hómoios) m (feminine ὁμοία, neuter ὅμοιον); first/second declension

1. Like, resembling [+dative = someone, something], similar [+dative = to someone, something]
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 17.218:

     ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον.

     hōs aieì tòn homoîon ágei theòs hōs tòn homoîon.

     as always the god brings like to like. [Compare birds of a feather flock together.]

2. Shared, common, mutual
3. Suited to, appropriate for
4. Equal
5. The same

Usage notes

In the sense “like”, the word is usually followed by the dative; but sometimes by the genitive instead. Sometimes it is modified by an accusative that specifies the way in which the person or thing in question is like something else.

Inflection

First and second declension of ὅμοιος; ὁμοίᾱ; ὅμοιον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὅμοιος hómoios	ὁμοίᾱ homoíā	ὅμοιον hómoion		ὁμοίω homoíō	ὁμοίᾱ homoíā	ὁμοίω homoíō		ὅμοιοι hómoioi	ὅμοιαι hómoiai	ὅμοιᾰ hómoia
Genitive		ὁμοίου homoíou	ὁμοίᾱς homoíās	ὁμοίου homoíou		ὁμοίοιν homoíoin	ὁμοίαιν homoíain	ὁμοίοιν homoíoin		ὁμοίων homoíōn	ὁμοίων homoíōn	ὁμοίων homoíōn
Dative		ὁμοίῳ homoíōi	ὁμοίᾳ homoíāi	ὁμοίῳ homoíōi		ὁμοίοιν homoíoin	ὁμοίαιν homoíain	ὁμοίοιν homoíoin		ὁμοίοις homoíois	ὁμοίαις homoíais	ὁμοίοις homoíois
Accusative		ὅμοιον hómoion	ὁμοίᾱν homoíān	ὅμοιον hómoion		ὁμοίω homoíō	ὁμοίᾱ homoíā	ὁμοίω homoíō		ὁμοίους homoíous	ὁμοίᾱς homoíās	ὅμοιᾰ hómoia
Vocative		ὅμοιε hómoie	ὁμοίᾱ homoíā	ὅμοιον hómoion		ὁμοίω homoíō	ὁμοίᾱ homoíā	ὁμοίω homoíō		ὅμοιοι hómoioi	ὅμοιαι hómoiai	ὅμοιᾰ hómoia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁμοίως homoíōs				ὁμοιότερος homoióteros				ὁμοιότᾰτος homoiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of ὁμοῖος; ὁμοίη; ὁμοῖον (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὁμοῖος homoîos	ὁμοίη homoíē	ὁμοῖον homoîon		ὁμοίω homoíō	ὁμοίᾱ homoíā	ὁμοίω homoíō		ὁμοῖοι homoîoi	ὁμοῖαι homoîai	ὁμοῖᾰ homoîa
Genitive		ὁμοίου / ὁμοιοῖο / ὁμοίοιο / ὁμοιόο / ὁμοίοο homoíou / homoioîo / homoíoio / homoióo / homoíoo	ὁμοίης homoíēs	ὁμοίου / ὁμοιοῖο / ὁμοίοιο / ὁμοιόο / ὁμοίοο homoíou / homoioîo / homoíoio / homoióo / homoíoo		ὁμοίοιῐν homoíoiin	ὁμοίαιν / ὁμοίαιῐν / ὁμοίῃῐν homoíai(i)n / homoíēiin	ὁμοίοιῐν homoíoiin		ὁμοίων homoíōn	ὁμοιᾱ́ων / ὁμοιέ͜ων / ὁμοιῶν homoiā́ōn / homoié͜ōn / homoiôn	ὁμοίων homoíōn
Dative		ὁμοίῳ homoíōi	ὁμοίῃ homoíēi	ὁμοίῳ homoíōi		ὁμοίοιῐν homoíoiin	ὁμοίαιν / ὁμοίαιῐν / ὁμοίῃῐν homoíai(i)n / homoíēiin	ὁμοίοιῐν homoíoiin		ὁμοίοισῐ / ὁμοίοισῐν / ὁμοίοις homoíoisi(n) / homoíois	ὁμοίῃσῐ / ὁμοίῃσῐν / ὁμοίῃς / ὁμοίαις homoíēisi(n) / homoíēis / homoíais	ὁμοίοισῐ / ὁμοίοισῐν / ὁμοίοις homoíoisi(n) / homoíois
Accusative		ὁμοῖον homoîon	ὁμοίην homoíēn	ὁμοῖον homoîon		ὁμοίω homoíō	ὁμοίᾱ homoíā	ὁμοίω homoíō		ὁμοίους homoíous	ὁμοίᾱς homoíās	ὁμοῖᾰ homoîa
Vocative		ὁμοῖε homoîe	ὁμοίη homoíē	ὁμοῖον homoîon		ὁμοίω homoíō	ὁμοίᾱ homoíā	ὁμοίω homoíō		ὁμοῖοι homoîoi	ὁμοῖαι homoîai	ὁμοῖᾰ homoîa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁμοίως homoíōs				ὁμοιότερος homoióteros				ὁμοιότᾰτος homoiótatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ὁμοιάζω (homoiázō)
• ὁμοιότροπος (homoiótropos)
• ὁμοιόω (homoióō)
• ὁμοίως (homoíōs)

See also

Ancient Greek correlatives ^(edit)

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		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	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.

Further reading

• “ὅμοιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὅμοιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὅμοιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3664 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • commensurate idem, page 147.
  • corresponding idem, page 176.