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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

  • "ἐπιτήδειοι δὲ τῷ μὲν ἡγεμόνι δειπνίζοντι συνδειπνεῖν οἵ τ’ ἄρχοντεσ, ἐὰν ὦσι φίλοι, καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐν δὲ γάμοισ ἢ καὶ γενεθλίοισ οἱ κατὰ γένοσ προσήκοντεσ καὶ Διὸσ ὁμογνίου κοινωνοῦντεσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 7:16)
  • πρὸσ γὰρ Διόσ εἰσιν ἅπαντεσ τοῦ Ὁμογνίου. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 6:2)
  • ὁ δὲ μὴ ἀμύνων ἀρᾷ ἐνεχέσθω Διὸσ ὁμογνίου καὶ πατρῴου κατὰ νόμον. (Plato, Laws, book 9 185:1)

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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