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

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

(of a surface) even, level
Antonym: τραχύς (trakhús)
(of a sediment) uniform in consistency
(of motion) even, equable
(of circumstances) equal, on a level
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 homalós	ὁμᾰλή homalḗ	ὁμᾰλόν homalón	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homalā́	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλοί homaloí	ὁμᾰλαί homalaí	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homalá
Genitive	ὁμᾰλοῦ homaloû	ὁμᾰλῆς homalês	ὁμᾰλοῦ homaloû	ὁμᾰλοῖν homaloîn	ὁμᾰλαῖν homalaîn	ὁμᾰλοῖν homaloîn	ὁμᾰλῶν homalôn	ὁμᾰλῶν homalôn	ὁμᾰλῶν homalôn
Dative	ὁμᾰλῷ homalôi	ὁμᾰλῇ homalêi	ὁμᾰλῷ homalôi	ὁμᾰλοῖν homaloîn	ὁμᾰλαῖν homalaîn	ὁμᾰλοῖν homaloîn	ὁμᾰλοῖς homaloîs	ὁμᾰλαῖς homalaîs	ὁμᾰλοῖς homaloîs
Accusative	ὁμᾰλόν homalón	ὁμᾰλήν homalḗn	ὁμᾰλόν homalón	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homalā́	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλούς homaloús	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ς homalā́s	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homalá
Vocative	ὁμᾰλέ homalé	ὁμᾰλή homalḗ	ὁμᾰλόν homalón	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλᾱ́ homalā́	ὁμᾰλώ homalṓ	ὁμᾰλοί homaloí	ὁμᾰλαί homalaí	ὁμᾰλᾰ́ homalá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὁμᾰλῶς homalôs			ὁμᾰλώτερος homalṓteros			ὁμᾰλώτᾰτος homalṓtatos
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

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