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ὁμόσπονδος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμόσπονδος ὁμόσπονδον

Structure: ὁμοσπονδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spondh

Sense

  1. sharing in the drink-offering, sharing the same cup

Examples

  • τὴν δὲ περὶ τῶν προσκυνήσεων καὶ τροφῶν διάστασιν ἐθρύλουν, φάσκοντεσ μήτε τῷ βασιλεῖ μήτε ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν ὁμοσπόνδουσ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ γενέσθαι, δυσμενεῖσ δὲ εἶναι καὶ μέγα τι τοῖσ πράγμασιν ἐναντιουμένουσ. καὶ οὐ τῷ τυχόντι περιῆψαν ψόγῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 3:7)
  • ἀνάγνωθι δὴ καὶ τὴν τῶν συμπρέσβεων μαρτυρίαν, ἵν’ εἰδῆτε, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, ὅτι Δημοσθένησ οὐχ ὑπὲρ τῆσ πόλεωσ εἰπεῖν δύναται, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τοὺσ συσσίτουσ καὶ ὁμοσπόνδουσ μελετᾷ. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 55 2:1)

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

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