ὅμοιοσ or (as in Hom., Ion., and old Att.) ὁμοῖοσ, α, ον (cf. ἐρῆμος, ἑτοῖμοσ): later Ep. also ὁμοίιοσ (B, q.v.); Aeol. ὔμοιοσTheoc.29.20 (Adv.-ωσIG12(2).69a6); Arc.ὑμοῖοσSchwyzer665A15 (Orchom., iv B.C.): (ὁμόσ):—
like, resembling,
ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁ. ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁ. 'birds of a feather flock together', Od.17.218; ὁ ὅ. τῷ ὁ.Pl.Grg.510b; ὁ ὅ. ὡς τὸν ὅ.Arist.EN1155a34; τὸ ὅ. τῷ ὁ. φίλον ib.1165b17, v. infr. 6; ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ὁ. as in
peers, all citizens who had equal right to hold state-offices,
esp. at Sparta, X.HG 3.3.5, Lac.13.1,7, Arist.Pol.1306b30; Περσέων ὁμοίους τοῖσι πρώτοισι δυώδεκαHdt.3.35. III. Geom., of figures,
similar,
Euc.6 Def.1, 3 Def.11, al.; of angles,
similar,
i.e.
equal,
Arist.Cael.296b20,297b19, 311b34, cf. Thalesap.Procl.in Euc.1p.251F. 2. of Numbers,
square,
the product of two equal factors, Plot.6.2.21; cf. ἀνόμοιοσ 2. B. Construction: 1. abs., freq. in Hom., etc. (v. supr.). 2. c. dat. of the person or thing which another resembles: so always in Hom., Hes., and usu. in Hdt. and Att. (v. supr.): but sts. c. gen., τοῖσι τούτων ὁμοίοις χύμασι v.l. in Hp.Art.12 (Diels
Ztschr.f.vergl.
Sprachf.47.200), v. l. in Hdt.3.37 and Pl.R.472d; τουτέων οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλο ἔθνος ὁμοίας τὰς κεφαλὰς ἔχον οὐδέν (ellipt. as in b. infr.) Hp.
Aër.
14; ὁ λεκτικὸς πῇ μὲν ὅμοιος Ἡροδότου, πῇ δὲ ἐνδεέστεροσD.H.Pomp.4; ὁμοία ἀνδριάντοσDion.Byz.53; ὅμοιον ἱέρακοσCyran.22, cf. 12. b. ellipt. phrases, κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, for κόμαι ταῖς τῶν Χαρίτων ὁμοῖαι,Il.17.51; οὔ τις ὁμοῖα νοήματα Πηνελοπείῃ ᾔδη, for τοῖς τῆς Πηνελοπείης,Od.2.121: also in Prose, ἅρματα ὅ. ἐκείνῳ, for τοῖς ἐκείνου,X.Cyr.6.1.50; ὁμοίαν ταῖς δούλαις ἐσθῆτα, for τῇ τῶν δουλῶν, ib.5.1.4; cf. ἴσοσ 1.1, συγγενήσ 111.2. 3. c. acc. of that in which a person or thing resembles another, ἀθανάτῃσι φυὴν καὶ εἶδος ὁμοίηOd.6.16, cf. 3.468, Il.5.778; ὀργὴν ὁ. τῷ κάκιστ' αὐδωμένῳA.Th.678, cf. S.Aj.1153, etc.: also with Preps., ὁμοῖοι ἐν πολέμῳIl.12.270; ἐς φύσιν οὐδὲν ὁ.Batr.32; ὅ. τινὶ πρός τιX.Cyn.5.29; but οὐδὲν ὁμοῖον ἦν μοι πρὸς τοῦτον I had nothing
in common
with him, Is. 8.26. 4. c. inf., θείειν ἀνέμοισιν ὁμοῖοι
like
the winds in running, Il. 10.437; τῷ οὔ πώ τις ὁμοῖος κοσμῆσαι ἵππουσ
like
him to marshal or in marshalling horses, 2.553, cf. 14.521; ὅμοιοι ἦσαν θαυμάζειν (s. v.l., θαυμάζοντεσ codd. dett.) X.An.3.5.13. b.ὅμοιον εἰπεῖν
approximately,
Men.Epit.548. 5. folld. by a Relat., ὁμοίη, οἵην με τὸ πρῶτον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι νόησασ
like
as when thou saw'st me first, h.Ven. 178; ὅμοιον .., οἷόνπερ τὸ τῶν ποταμῶνX.HG4.2.11, cf. Hier.7.5, Cyr.6.1.37: folld. by ὅσπερ,Id.An.5.4.34; by ὥσπερ, ὁ. ἀτμὸς ὥσπερ ἐκ τάφου πρέπειA.Ag.1311, cf. X.Smp.4.37; by ὥστε,E.Or.697; v. infr. c. 6. folld. by καί (='as'), γνώμῃσι ἐχρέωντο ὁμοίῃσι καὶ σύHdt.7.50, cf. Th.1.120, Pl.Cri.48b, Tht.154a; οὐδέν τι γενόμενος ἐς Ἀχαιοὺς ὅμοιος [ἢ] καὶ Καλλίστρατος ..Paus.7.16.4; v. καίA. 111. C.Adv., freq. in the neut. sg. and pl. ὅμοιον, ὅμοια (older ὁμοῖον, ὁμοῖα)
in like manner with,
c. dat., ὁμοῖα τοῖσι μάλιστα 'second to none', Hdt.3.8, cf. Th.7.29; ὁμοῖα τοῖσι πλουσιωτάτοισιHdt.3.57; ὅμοιον μουσίσδει ..ταῖσιν ἀηδονίσιTheoc.8.37: folld. by a relat. Partic., ὁμοῖον ὥστε ..