Ὁμοίϊος

similar, common, impartial

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Jan 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

8 words

Translation

[Meaning] that which is difficult for all alike.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὁμοίϊος· ὁ ὁμοίως πᾶσι χαλεπός.

Betacode
*(omoi/i+os: o( o(moi/ws pa=si xalepo/s.  

Notes

  1. An epic variant of o(moi=os; cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 4.315, where the adjective is applied to old age (web address 1).
    Eustathius cites Apion and Herodoros as saying that the "glossographoi" assert that o(moi/i+os with diaeresis is used for bad things (Commentary on the Iliad, on this verse).

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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Jun 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  3. more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

“similar, common, impartial.” Suda On Line. Tr. Catharine Roth. 5 January 2010. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/omicron/309>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/omicron/309>.

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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