Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁμόφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμόφωνος ὁμόφωνον

Structure: ὁμοφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. speaking the same language with
  2. of the same sound or tone, in unison with

Examples

  • βαρυτέρα μὲν ἡ πρώτη γίνεται, δύο δ’ αἱ μετ’ αὐτὴν ὀξύτονοί τε καὶ ὁμόφωνοι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1136)
  • καὶ πῶσ ἄν, ἔφη, οἵ γε οὔτε συνελθεῖν ἅπαντεσ ἂν δυνηθεῖεν οὔτε ὁμόφωνοί εἰσι; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 20:4)

Synonyms

  1. speaking the same language with

Related

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

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