ὁμῑλ-ία (omilia)

Where it lives

Accusation of Calumny 2 · 19.34/10k
The Erotic Essay 5 · 13.67/10k
Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
Eumenides 5 · 9.54/10k
Economics 4 · 6.45/10k
Fragments 2 · 5.02/10k
Second Philippic 1 · 5.01/10k
The Funeral Speech 51-61 1 · 3.98/10k
Phaedrus 6 · 3.61/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Hippias Major 2 · 2.37/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k

Densest 12 of 54 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὁμῑλ-ία · homil-ia — LSJ

intercourse, company, communion, intercourse with, society, intercourse with, private life, persuasion, association, intercourse

intercourse, company, ἔσθʼ ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν A. Th. 599 ; τὸ ξυγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἡ θʼ ὁ. Id. Pr. 39, etc. ; ὁ. τινός communion or intercourse with one, Hdt. 4.174 ; πρός τινα S. Ph. 70, Pl. Smp. 203a, al. ; τοὺς ἀξίους δὲ τῆς ἐμῆς ὁ. of my society, Ar. Pl. 776 ; ἡ σὴ ὁ. Pl. Hp.Ma. 283d ; ὁ. χθονός intercourse with a country, E. Ph. 1408 ; ἔχειν ἐν θεοῖς ὁ. live among them, Id. IA [1622] ; ἥκειν εἰς ὁ. τινί S. OT 1489 ; ἡ καθʼ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς πολιτεία καὶ ὁ. public and private life, Th. 1.68

2 sexual intercourse

sexual intercourse, Hdt. 1.182, X. Smp. 8.22, Mem. 3.11.14, etc. ; νυμφικαὶ ὁ. E. Hel. 1400 ; ὁ. τῶν ἀφροδισίων Arist. HA 582a26 ; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρρενας or τῶν ἀρρένων ὁ., Id. Pol. 1272a24, 1269b29.

3 instruction, lecture

instruction, X. Mem. 1.2.6 and 15 ; lecture, Ael. VH 3.19 : in pl., title of work by Critias, Gal. 18(2).656.

4 practice

ὁμιλέειν ὁμιλίῃ to be versed in it by practice, opp. λόγῳ εἰδέναι, Hp. Art. 10.

5 usage, common, usage

ἡ πλείστη ὁ. τοῦ ὀνόματος its commonest usage, Epicur. Ep. 1p.22U. ; so ὁμιλίαι φωνῆς, αἱ τῶν λέξεων ὁ., Phld. Rh. 1.288 S., Oec. p.59J. ; αἱ κοιναὶ ὁ. common usage, S.E. M. 1.1 ; τῶν ἰδιωτῶν -ίαι ib. 64 ; ἡ ἀνὰ χεῖρα -ία A.D. Synt. 37.2 ; ἡ κοινὴ καλουμένη καὶ ἀνὰ χεῖρα -ία Hermog. Id. 2.7.

II association, company

association, company, ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἀρίστων ἐπιλέξαντες ὁμιλίην Hdt. 3.81, cf. A. Eu. 57.

2 fellow-sojourners, mates

in collect. sense, τήνδʼ ὁμιλίαν χθονός these fellow-sojourners in the land, ib. 406 ; ναὸς κοινόπλους ὁ. ship-mates, S. Aj. 872 ; ἀδελφῶν ἡ παροῦσʼ ὁ. E. Heracl. 581, cf. Hipp. 19 (dub. l.).

In the wild

ὁμιλίας · homilias Aeschylus, Agamemnon 838–840
ὁμιλία · homilia Aeschylus, Eumenides 1028–1031
ὁμιλίαις · homiliais Aeschylus, Eumenides 956–967
ὁμιλίαν · homilian Aeschylus, Eumenides 406–407
ὁμιλίας · homilias Aeschylus, Eumenides 57–59
ὁμιλίαν · homilian Aeschylus, Eumenides 711–712

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