Ὁμόσε ἰέναι
to come to close quarters
Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Meaning to approach. The expression is a metaphor from coming to grips with spears, meaning coming to the same place from opposite sides and not being deflected or fleeing.1
*(omou= ["together"]. And elsewhere o(mo/se ["to the same place"]: "taking up their arms together they came to close quarters with the enemy".2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁμόσε ἰέναι· ἀντὶ τοῦ παραβαλέσθαι· λέγεται δὲ ἐκ μεταφορᾶς ὁμόσε ταῖς λόγχαις ἰέναι, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐξ ἐναντίας εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ἔρχεσθαι καὶ μὴ στρέφεσθαι μηδὲ φεύγειν. ὁμοῦ. καὶ αὖθις ὁμόσε· ὁμοῦ λαβόντες τὰ ὅπλα ὁμόσε ἴασι τοῖς πολεμίοις.
Betacode
*(omo/se i)e/nai: a)nti\ tou= parabale/sqai: le/getai de\ e)k metafora=s o(mo/se tai=s lo/gxais i)e/nai, a)nti\ tou= e)c e)nanti/as ei)s to\ au)to\ e)/rxesqai kai\ mh\ stre/fesqai mhde\ feu/gein. o(mou=. kai\ au)=qis o(mo/se: o(mou= labo/ntes ta\ o(/pla o(mo/se i)/asi toi=s polemi/ois.
Notes (2)
- See also omicron 283.
- 1Abridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Hyperides, Against Athenogenes 21. ↩
- 2Like Harpokration (see n.1) the Suda passes from
o(mo/se too(mou= but deals with it differently (cf. omicron 283). The quotation here, illustrating both of these adverbs in the same sentence, is unidentifiable. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- ο283Ὁμόσεtogether with, against[Meaning] to the same place, into the same position, or, contrariwise, vehemently, audaciously. Aelian [writes]: "the Akarnanian historians belong together with the poets." And elsewhere: "not coming together with the…
- π270Παραβαλέσθαιto betray, to deceive[Meaning] to be utterly beguiling. Thucydides [in book] 1 [sc. uses the word]. Thus Homer too [writes]: "deceptively haranguing."
- π271Παραβαλέσθαιto have brought alongside[Meaning] to have brought to a stop, and to have been dismissed. The metaphor [comes] from those who row.
- ω165Ὤργωνthey were swelling, they were eager"But they were swelling with eagerness to obtain one another's good opinion." And elsewhere: "they were eager to come to grips with the enemy."
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