ἐξομοιόω
ο-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐξομοιόω
ἐξομοιώσω
Structure:
ἐξ
(Prefix)
+
ὁμοιό
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to make quite like, to assimilate, to become or be like
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- τίσ οὖν ἐστιν οὕτωσ ἐπίπονοσ καὶ μετάβολοσ καὶ παντοδαπὸσ ἄνθρωποσ, ὥστε πολλοῖσ ἑαυτὸν ἐξομοιοῦν καὶ προσαρμόττειν καὶ μὴ καταγελᾶν τοῦ Θεόγνιδοσ παραινοῦντοσ πουλύποδοσ νόον ἴσχε πολυχρόου, ὃσ ποτὶ πέτρῃ, τῇ περ ὁμιλήσῃ, τοῖοσ ἰδεῖν ἐφάνη; (Plutarch, De amicorum multitudine, chapter, section 91)
- ἡ γὰρ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εὐεξίη φύσισ τίσ ἐστι φύσει περιπεποιημένη κίνησιν οὐκ ἀλλοτρίην, ἀλλὰ λίην γε εὐαρμοστεῦσαν, πνεύματί τε καὶ θερμασίῃ καὶ χυμῶν κατεργασίῃ, πάντη τε καὶ πάσῃ διαίτῃ καὶ τοῖσι σύμπασι δεδημιουργημένη, ἢν μή τι ἐκ γενετῆσ ἢ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ ἔλλειμα ᾖ‧ ἢν δὲ γένηταί τι, ἐξιτήλου ἐόντοσ, πειρᾶσθαι ἐξομοιοῦν τῇ ὑποκειμένῃ‧ παρὰ γὰρ φύσιν τὸ μινύθημα καὶ διὰ χρόνου. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, PARAGGELIAI, ix.6)
- Ἱπποκράτησ μὲν γὰρ τὴν προτέραν Ῥηθεῖσαν ἐτράπετο, καθ’ ἣν ἥνωται μὲν ἡ οὐσία καὶ ἀλλοιοῦται καὶ σύμπνουν ὅλον ἐστὶ καὶ σύρρουν τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἡ φύσισ ἅπαντα τεχνικῶσ καὶ δικαίωσ πράττει δυνάμεισ ἔχουσα, καθ’ ἃσ ἕκαστον τῶν μορίων ἕλκει μὲν ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸ τὸν οἰκεῖον ἑαυτῷ χυμόν, ἕλξαν δὲ προσφύει τε παντὶ μέρει τῶν ἐν αὑτῷ καὶ τελέωσ ἐξομοιοῖ, τὸ δὲ μὴ κρατηθὲν ἐν τούτῳ μηδὲ τὴν παντελῆ δυνηθὲν ἀλλοίωσίν τε καὶ ὁμοιότητα τοῦ τρεφομένου καταδέξασθαι δι’ ἑτέρασ αὖ τινοσ ἐκκριτικῆσ δυνάμεωσ ἀποτρίβεται. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1216)
Synonyms
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to make quite like
- προσεικάζω (to make like, assimilate, to be like)
- ἐκκωφόω (to make quite deaf, to become so)
- ἀφομοιόω (to make like, to compare, to be or become like)
Derived
- ἀνομοιόω (to make unlike or dissimilar, to be or become so)
- ἀφομοιόω (to make like, to compare, to be or become like)
- ὁμοιόω (I make similar, assimilate, I compare)
- προσομοιόω (to be like, resemble)