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ὁμογενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμογενής ὁμογενές

Structure: ὁμογενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. of the same race, family or kind

Examples

  • δίδυμα τέκεα πότεροσ ἄρα πότερον αἱμάξει ‐ ἰώ μοι πόνων, ἰὼ Ζεῦ, ἰὼ γᾶ ‐ ὁμογενῆ δέραν, ὁμογενῆ ψυχὰν δι’ ἀσπίδων, δι’ αἱμάτων; (Euripides, Phoenissae, choral, strophe 13)
  • ‐ αἴσχιστον αἰτῶν στέφανον, ὁμογενῆ κτανεῖν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric11)
  • Ὀρφεῖ γὰρ δἰ αὐτὴν ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν τὴν Εὐρυδίκην παρέδοτε καὶ τὴν ὁμογενῆ μου Ἄλκηστιν παρεπέμψατε Ἡρακλεῖ χαριζόμενοι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 5:2)
  • θρίσσα καὶ τὰ ὁμογενῆ, χαλκὶσ καὶ ἐρίτιμοσ, εὐανάδοτα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 52 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. of the same race

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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