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ὅμαδος

omados

clamorous crowd, melee, turmoil, clash

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1. ὅμαδος · homados — Beekes

ὅμαδος [m.] ‘clamorous crowd, melee, turmoil, clash’ (1].). «Ὁ» *DER ὁμαδέω, -ῆσαι [v.] ‘to clamor, speak or shout all at once’ (Od., A. R.). *ETYM For the formation, see perhaps κέλαδος, χρόμαδος, etc. Usually connected with Skt. samad- [f.] ‘battle’ and connected with ὁμός = Skt. samd-, but this is rather improbable: samdd- should be interpreted differently as sam-ad- (Mayrhofer EWAia 2: 703f.), and ὅμαδος could … — [Beekes, s.v. ὅμαδος, p. 1125]

2. ὅμαδος · homados — Chantraine

ὅμαδος : «foule, mêlée bruyante de guerriers », joint à δοῦπος (11. 9,573 ; 28,234, Od. 10,556), « tumulte guerrier » (11. 7,807, etc.), « clameur + (11. 10,13}, « chœur des Charites » (Pi. N. 6,88); voir Trümpy, Fachausdrücke 159. Adverbe ὁμαδίς « ensemble » (EM 806,8). Verbes dénominatifs : ὁμαδέω «parler tous ensemble, crier» (Od. 1,365, etc., A.R. 2,638, etc.), ὁμαδεύειν ᾿ ἁθροίζειν (Hsch.) donc «rassembler ». … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὅμαδος, p. 813]

3. ὅμαδος · homados — Frisk

ὅμαδος m. "Miro Menscehonmenge, Schlachtgedränge, Ge- tümmel, ehr weit IL.) mit ὁμαδέω, -ἦσαι “lärmen, durcheinander eden'öd. schreien’ (Od., A.R.). — Bildung δῷ add τ... (Chantraine Form. 359, Schwyzer 508 m. Αἱ ἃς θ΄ Αι. δ, Güntert Reimwortbildungen 153). Gewöhnlich eis aint::samdd: f. Kampf” bis auf den themat. Vokal giiichgiinisb und mit ὁμός = aind. samd- verbunden (z.B. Brogramun Orandr.? II: 1, 468, Fraenkel … — [Frisk, s.v. ὅμαδος, p. 1355]

4. ὅμᾰδ-ος · homad-os — LSJ

noise, din

noise, din, esp. of the confused voices of a number of men (coupled with δοῦπος, the tramp of men), Il. 9.573, 23.234, Od. 10.556 (nowh. else in Od.) ; also opp. the sound of flutes and pipes, συρίγγων τʼ ἐνοπὴν ὅμαδόν τʼ ἀνθρώπων Il. 10.13, cf. Pi. N. 6.38, Philyll. 5 (lyr.) ; ὅ. ἄλυρον ἔλεγον E. Hel. 185 (lyr.) ; rarely of a tempest, Il. 13.797.

II noisy throng, mob of warriors

noisy throng or mob of warriors, 7.307, 15.689, 17.380: metaph., βίβλων ὅ. Pl. R. 364e.

III din of battle, the din

din of battle, Hes. Sc. 155, 257 ; χάλκεον στονόεντʼ . . ὅμαδον the din of brazen war, Pi. I. 8(7).27.—Ep. and Lyr., never in Trag., exc. in E. l.c. (lyr.), once in Pl. l.c.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὅμαδος (scan p. 1125; entry #4539).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὅμαδος (scan p. 813; entry #5898).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὅμαδος (scan pp. 1355-1356; entry #4248).

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