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ὁμώνυμος

omonumos

having the same name

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὁμώνῠμ-ος · homōnym-os — LSJ

having the same name, with, namesake

having the same name, Il. 17.720, Pi. I. 7(6).24, etc. ; τινι with one, Th. 2.68, Pl. R. 330b, etc. ; τὸν ὁ. ἐμαυτῷ my own namesake, D. 3.21, cf. Isoc. 11.10.

II namesake

Subst., ὁ. τινός Pi. Fr. 105, Hdt. 3.67, Pl. Sph. 218b, 234b ; ὁ σαυτοῦ ὁ. your namesake, Id. Prt. 311b ; ὁ σὸς ὁ. Id. Tht. 147d ; ἡ ὁ. αὐτῆς Luc. Im. 20.

III of like kind

of like kind, πάντα τὰ ἐκείνοις ὁ. Pl. Phd. 78e, cf. Prm. 133d.

IV things having the same name but different natures and definitions, things denoted by equivocal, ambiguous words, equivocally

in the Logic of Arist., τὰ ὁ. are things having the same name but different natures and definitions, things denoted by equivocal or ambiguous words, Cat. 1a1, cf. EN 1096b27. Adv. -μως equivocally, ib. 1129a30, de An. 412b14, al., cf. Thphr. CP 1.22.1.

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Where it came from

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