ὁμαλός

See also: ομαλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is like that of Latin similis (“similar”) and Old Irish samail (“likeness, similarity”), thus from Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-, from *sem-. The ο- grade of the word is often thought to have been imported from ὁμός (homós, “similar”). Armenian ամոլ (amol, “harnessed pair of cows”) is probably unrelated.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.ma.lós/ → /o.maˈlos/ → /o.maˈlos/

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

Adjective

ὁμᾰλός • (homălós) m (feminine ὁμᾰλή, neuter ὁμᾰλόν); first/second declension

1. (of a surface) even, level

   Antonym: τραχύς (trakhús)

2. (of a sediment) uniform in consistency
3. (of motion) even, equable
4. (of circumstances) equal, on a level
5. not remarkable, middling, average, ordinary

Inflection

First and second declension of ὁμᾰλός; ὁμᾰλή; ὁμᾰλόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὁμᾰλός homălós	ὁμᾰλή homălḗ	ὁμᾰλόν homălón		ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homălā́	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ		ὁμᾰλοί homăloí	ὁμᾰλαί homălaí	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homălắ
Genitive		ὁμᾰλοῦ homăloû	ὁμᾰλῆς homălês	ὁμᾰλοῦ homăloû		ὁμᾰλοῖν homăloîn	ὁμᾰλαῖν homălaîn	ὁμᾰλοῖν homăloîn		ὁμᾰλῶν homălôn	ὁμᾰλῶν homălôn	ὁμᾰλῶν homălôn
Dative		ὁμᾰλῷ homălôi	ὁμᾰλῇ homălêi	ὁμᾰλῷ homălôi		ὁμᾰλοῖν homăloîn	ὁμᾰλαῖν homălaîn	ὁμᾰλοῖν homăloîn		ὁμᾰλοῖς homăloîs	ὁμᾰλαῖς homălaîs	ὁμᾰλοῖς homăloîs
Accusative		ὁμᾰλόν homălón	ὁμᾰλήν homălḗn	ὁμᾰλόν homălón		ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homălā́	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ		ὁμᾰλούς homăloús	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ς homălā́s	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homălắ
Vocative		ὁμᾰλέ homălé	ὁμᾰλή homălḗ	ὁμᾰλόν homălón		ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homălā́	ὁμᾰλώ homălṓ		ὁμᾰλοί homăloí	ὁμᾰλαί homălaí	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homălắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁμᾰλῶς homălôs				ὁμᾰλώτερος homălṓteros				ὁμᾰλώτᾰτος homălṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos)
• ὁμαλεύς (homaleús)
• ὁμαλής (homalḗs)
• ὁμαλίζω (homalízō)
• ὁμάλιξις (homálixis)
• ὁμαλισμός (homalismós)
• ὁμαλιστέον (homalistéon)
• ὁμαλιστήρ (homalistḗr)
• ὁμάλιστρον (homálistron)
• ὁμαλόδερμος (homalódermos)
• ὁμαλότης (homalótēs)
• ὁμαλυντικός (homaluntikós)
• ὁμαλύνω (homalúnō)

Descendants

• Greek: ομαλός (omalós)

References

• “ὁμαλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὁμαλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὁμαλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN