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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

  • οὐκ ἔφθη γοῦν φανερὸσ ἐπὶ τοῦ βήματοσ γενόμενοσ, καὶ πάντεσ αὐτὸν ὁμοφώνωσ αὐτοκράτορα προσεῖπον. (Plutarch, Galba, chapter 5 1:2)
  • κρατήσαντεσ δὲ τῆσ Κορωνείασ ἐν τῷ πρὸ αὐτῆσ πεδίῳ τὸ τῆσ Ἰτωνίασ Ἀθηνᾶσ ἱερὸν ἱδρύσαντο ὁμώνυμον τῷ Θετταλικῷ, καὶ τὸν παραρρέοντα ποταμὸν Κουάριον προσηγόρευσαν ὁμοφώνωσ τῷ ἐκεῖ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 2 47:3)

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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