ὁμηλικίη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὁμῆλιξ (homêlix, “of the same age”) +‎ -ίη (-íē), from ὁμός (homós, “same”) + ἧλιξ (hêlix, “of the same age”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.mɛː.li.kí.ɛː/ → /o.mi.liˈci.i/ → /o.mi.liˈci.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.mɛː.li.kí.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)o.me̝.liˈki.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.mi.liˈci.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.mi.liˈci.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.mi.liˈci.i/

Noun

ὁμηλῐκίη • (homēlĭkíē) f (genitive ὁμηλῐκίης); first declension (Epic)

1. sameness of age
2. (collective) one's age-mates, peers, friend group

Declension

First declension of ὁμηλῐκίη; ὁμηλῐκίης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁμηλῐκίη homēlĭkíē
Genitive	ὁμηλῐκίης homēlĭkíēs
Dative	ὁμηλῐκίῃ homēlĭkíēi
Accusative	ὁμηλῐκίην homēlĭkíēn
Vocative	ὁμηλῐκίη homēlĭkíē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ὁμηλικίη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὁμηλικίη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὁμηλικίη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὁμηλικίη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press