LOGOI

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ὁμοί-ιος

omoiios1

distressing

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What it meant

ὁμοί-ιος · homoi-ios — LSJ

distressing, common to all, impartial, levelling

Ep. Adj. of uncertain meaning, perh. distressing ( = κακός acc. to Anon. ap. Apollon. Lex., also expld. as common to all or impartial, ibid., Hsch., cf. ξυνός) or perhaps levelling, ἀλλά σε γῆρας τείρει ὁ. Il. 4.315, cf. h.Ven. 244 ; θάνατος Od. 3.236 ; νεῖκος Il. 4.444, Theoc. 22.172 ; πόλεμος 9.440, 13.358, 15.670, al. (In place of ὁμοιίου (⏑_ _ _) πολέμοιο, ὁμοιίοο πτολέμοιο shd. be restored.)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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