ὁμώνυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὁμός (homós, “same, common”) +‎ ὄνυμα (ónuma) +‎ -ος (-os), Doric/Aeolic variant of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.mɔ̌ː.ny.mos/ → /oˈmo.ny.mos/ → /oˈmo.ni.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.mɔ̌ː.ny.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)oˈmo.ny.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.ny.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.ny.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈmo.ni.mos/

Adjective

ὁμώνῠμος • (homṓnŭmos) m or f (neuter ὁμώνῠμον); second declension

1. having the same name, homonymous

   Antonym: ἑτερώνῠμος (heterṓnŭmos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁμώνῠμος; ὁμώνῠμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὁμώνῠμος homṓnŭmos	ὁμώνῠμον homṓnŭmon		ὁμωνῠ́μω homōnŭ́mō	ὁμωνῠ́μω homōnŭ́mō		ὁμώνῠμοι homṓnŭmoi	ὁμώνῠμᾰ homṓnŭmă
Genitive		ὁμωνῠ́μου homōnŭ́mou	ὁμωνῠ́μου homōnŭ́mou		ὁμωνῠ́μοιν homōnŭ́moin	ὁμωνῠ́μοιν homōnŭ́moin		ὁμωνῠ́μων homōnŭ́mōn	ὁμωνῠ́μων homōnŭ́mōn
Dative		ὁμωνῠ́μῳ homōnŭ́mōi	ὁμωνῠ́μῳ homōnŭ́mōi		ὁμωνῠ́μοιν homōnŭ́moin	ὁμωνῠ́μοιν homōnŭ́moin		ὁμωνῠ́μοις homōnŭ́mois	ὁμωνῠ́μοις homōnŭ́mois
Accusative		ὁμώνῠμον homṓnŭmon	ὁμώνῠμον homṓnŭmon		ὁμωνῠ́μω homōnŭ́mō	ὁμωνῠ́μω homōnŭ́mō		ὁμωνῠ́μους homōnŭ́mous	ὁμώνῠμᾰ homṓnŭmă
Vocative		ὁμώνῠμε homṓnŭme	ὁμώνῠμον homṓnŭmon		ὁμωνῠ́μω homōnŭ́mō	ὁμωνῠ́μω homōnŭ́mō		ὁμώνῠμοι homṓnŭmoi	ὁμώνῠμᾰ homṓnŭmă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὁμωνῠ́μως homōnŭ́mōs			ὁμωνῠμώτερος homōnŭmṓteros			ὁμωνῠμώτᾰτος homōnŭmṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ὁμώνῠμος • (homṓnŭmos) m (genitive ὁμωνῠ́μου); second declension

1. namesake, homonym

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὁμώνῠμος; τοῦ ὁμωνῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὁμώνῠμος ho homṓnŭmos	τὼ ὁμωνῠ́μω tṑ homōnŭ́mō	οἱ ὁμώνῠμοι hoi homṓnŭmoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὁμωνῠ́μου toû homōnŭ́mou	τοῖν ὁμωνῠ́μοιν toîn homōnŭ́moin	τῶν ὁμωνῠ́μων tôn homōnŭ́mōn
Dative	τῷ ὁμωνῠ́μῳ tôi homōnŭ́mōi	τοῖν ὁμωνῠ́μοιν toîn homōnŭ́moin	τοῖς ὁμωνῠ́μοις toîs homōnŭ́mois
Accusative	τὸν ὁμώνῠμον tòn homṓnŭmon	τὼ ὁμωνῠ́μω tṑ homōnŭ́mō	τοὺς ὁμωνῠ́μους toùs homōnŭ́mous
Vocative	ὁμώνῠμε homṓnŭme	ὁμωνῠ́μω homōnŭ́mō	ὁμώνῠμοι homṓnŭmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὁμωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (homōnŭmĭ́ā)

Further reading

• “ὁμώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὁμώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὁμώνυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette