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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

  • ἐπαύσαντο γὰρ εἰσπλέοντεσ ἀναστάτου τῆσ πόλεωσ γενομένησ, ἅτε οὐκ ἔχοντεσ ὁμοφώνουσ τοὺσ ὑποδεχομένουσ οὐδὲ τῶν Σκυθῶν ἀξιούντων οὐδὲ ἐπισταμένων ἐμπόριον αὐτῶν κατασκευάσασθαι τὸν Ἑλληνικὸν τρόπον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 9:3)
  • ἀτεχνῶσ γὰρ οὐκ ἄνευ θείασ τύχησ οὐδ̓ ἄνευ Μουσῶν τε καὶ Ἀπόλλωνοσ ἐπιπνοίασ δυνατὸν οὕτωσ ὑψηλὴν καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῆ καὶ προσέτι ἡδεῖαν γενέσθαι ποίησιν, ὥστε μὴ μόνον τοὺσ ὁμογλώττουσ καὶ ὁμοφώνουσ τοσοῦτον ἤδη κατέχειν χρόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν βαρβάρων πολλούσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 11:3)
  • οἱ δὲ παρὰ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων πεμφθέντεσ ἠξίουν μὴ πεισθῆναι τοῖσ βαρβάροισ, ἀλλὰ τηρεῖν τὴν πρὸσ τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ καὶ συγγενεῖσ καὶ ὁμοφώνουσ εὔνοιαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 28 1:3)

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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