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ὁμόγνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμόγνιος ὁμόγνιον

Structure: ὁμογνι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: contr. for o(moge/nios

Sense

  1. of the same race, who protect a race or family

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ οὖν ἱκέτισ καὶ ὁμόγνιοσ ἔπλευ ἐμεῖο, ἄλλο μὲν οὔτι κακὸν μητίσομαι ἐνθάδ’ ἰούσῃ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 13:4)
  • Φοίβου δ’ οὐρεσίφοιτοσ ὁμόγνιοσ ἵστατο κούρη Ἄρτεμισ, ἀλλ’ οὐ τόξον ἑκηβόλον, οὐδὲ φαρέτρην ἰοδόκην ἀνέχουσα κατωμαδὸν ἦν δ’ ἐπὶ γούνων παρθένιον λεγνωτὸν ἀναζωσθεῖσα χιτῶνα, καὶ τριχὸσ ἀκρήδεμνον ἀνιεμένη πλόκον αὔραισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 61:2)
  • Ζεὺσ γὰρ μόνοσ θεῶν πατὴρ καὶ βασιλεὺσ ἐπονομάζεται καὶ Πολιεὺσ καὶ Φίλιόσ τε καὶ Ἑταιρεῖοσ καὶ Ὁμόγνιοσ, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ Ἱκέσιόσ τε καὶ Ξένιοσ καὶ μυρίασ ἄλλασ ἐπικλήσεισ , πάσασ ἀγαθὰσ καὶ ἀγαθῶν αἰτίασ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 46:1)
  • εἰπὲ δὲ κούρην, ἥντινα τήνδ’ ὀνόμηνασ ἀριγνώτην γεγαυῖαν Πασιφάησ, ἣ πατρὸσ ὁμόγνιόσ ἐστιν ἐμεῖο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 18:8)

Synonyms

  1. of the same race

Related

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

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