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

  • ἐπεὶ καλόν μοι τοῦδ’ ὑπερπονουμένῳ θανεῖν προδήλωσ μᾶλλον ἢ τῆσ σῆσ ὑπὲρ γυναικόσ, ἢ τοῦ σοῦ γ’ ὁμαίμονοσ λέγω; (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 2:10)

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.

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