Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁμόφυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμόφυλος ὁμόφυλον

Structure: ὁμοφυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fu=lon

Sense

  1. of the same race or stock, those of the same race, with those of the same stock, peopled by different races

Examples

  • καὶ τούτῳ μὲν οὐδενὸσ τῶν θηρίων διαφέρεισ πρὸσ ἐγκράτειαν οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐκεῖνα τοῖσ κρείττοσιν ἐπιθυμεῖ πλησιάζειν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰσ ἡδονὰσ καὶ τοὺσ ἔρωτασ πρὸσ τὰ ὁμόφυλα ποιεῖται. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 5 3:1)
  • καίτοι χερσαῖον οὐδὲν ἴσμεν ἑτέρῳ κινδυνεύοντι τολμῶν ἀμύνειν, οὐκ ἄρκτον οὐ σῦν οὐδὲ λέαιναν οὐδὲ πάρδαλιν ἀλλὰ συγχωρεῖ μὲν εἰσ ταὐτὸν ἐν τοῖσ θεάτροισ τὰ ὁμόφυλα καὶ κύκλῳ μετ’ ἀλλήλων περίεισιν· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 25 4:1)
  • ἀετοὶ δὲ καὶ γλαῦκεσ καὶ ἱέρακεσ ζῶντα κόπτουσι τὰ ὁμόφυλα καὶ φονεύουσι· (Plutarch, chapter 9 6:2)
  • ἔπειτα καὶ τούτων τὰ ὁμόφυλα παρίησι πετεινοῦ γὰρ οὐδεὶσ ἑώρακε γῦπα γευόμενον, ὡσ ἀετοὶ καὶ ἱέρακεσ μάλιστα τὰ συγγενῆ διώκουσι καὶ κόπτουσι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 93 1:6)
  • ἔπειτα καὶ τούτων τὰ ὁμόφυλα παρίησι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 939)

Synonyms

  1. of the same race or stock

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

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