Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁμότροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμότροπος ὁμότροπον

Structure: ὁμοτροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of the same habits or life, messmates
  2. of like fashion

Examples

  • καὶ τοιαῦτα ἕτερα πρὸσ τοὺσ ξένουσ καὶ τῶν πολιτῶν τοὺσ ὁμοτρόπουσ καὶ ταὐτὰ προαιρουμένουσ. (Theophrastus, Characters, 7:2)
  • περὶ δὲ τῶν ὁμοτρόπων τῶν Τιμάρχου, φεύγων τὰσ ἀπεχθείασ, ὧν ἥκιστά μοι μέλει μνησθήσομαι. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 158 1:1)
  • εἰ μὲν οὖν τισ ἐρωτήσειεν ἕνα ἄνδρα ἢ πολλοὺσ ὁμοῦ περὶ τῶν ὀνομάτων αἰτῶν, ἐν ποίῳ δὴ μέρει τὰ τοιαῦτα κατατάττεται, πόλεμοι καὶ στάσεισ καὶ νόσοι καὶ τὰ τούτοισ ὁμότροπα, οὐδὲν ἂν μελλήσασ ἀποκρίναιτο ὅτι ταῦτα ἐν τοῖσ κακοῖσ τάττεται καὶ οὕτωσ ὡσ ἔχει καὶ νενόμισται καὶ καλεῖται κακά. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 26:1)
  • λέγοιτο δ’ ἄν τισ Πυρρώνειοσ ὁμότροποσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 10:9)
  • ὁμότροπα γὰρ ἂν ἦν τοῖσι Ἕλλησι καὶ οὐ νεωστὶ ἐσηγμένα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 49 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. of the same habits or life

  2. of like fashion

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

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