Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁμαίμων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμαίμων ὁμαίμον

Structure: ὁμαιμων (Stem)

Sense

  1. more near akin
  2. a brother or sister

Examples

  • φιλεῖν δὲ κἀμὲ τοὺσ ὁμαίμονασ δόκει. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 7:9)
  • νῦν ὦν πρὸσ θεῶν τῶν Ἑλληνίων ῥύσασθε Ιὤνασ ἐκ δουλοσύνησ ἄνδρασ ὁμαίμονασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 49 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a brother or sister

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION