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ὁμαλός

ὁμαλός, even, level

ὁμᾰλ-ός, ή, όν, (ὁμός, ἅμα) of a surface,
  • even, level, οἱ δʼ ὁμαλὸν ποίησαν Od. 9.327: freq. in Prose, opp. τραχύς, X. An. 4.6.12, cf. SIG 996.32 (Smyrna), etc.; ἐν τῷ ὁ., ἐς τὸ ὁ., on (to) level ground, Th. 5.65, X. An. 4.2.16: Sup. -ώτατον Th. 4.31, cf. Hp. Aër. 13; λεῖον καὶ ὁ . . . σῶμα ἐποίησε smooth and even, Pl. Ti. 34b.
      • 2 uniform in consistency, of a sediment, Hp. Prog. 12, cf. Judic. 3, Gal. 9.605.
      • 3 of sound, φωνὴ ὁ. καὶ λεία Pl. Ti. 67b, cf. Arist. HA 581a19.
      • 4 even, equable, κατάτασις δικαίη καὶ ὁ. Hp. Fract. 30; of motion, Arist. Ph. 223a1, etc.; δίνη Epicur. Ep. 2 p.53 U.; τὸ ὁ. καὶ σύμμετρον, opp. τὸ ἄκρατον, Pl. Lg. 773a; τὸ ὁ. consistency, of ἦθος, Arist. Po. 1454a26. Adv. -λῶς, ἀνώμαλος regularly irregular, ib. a27.
      • 5 of circumstances, on a level, equal, -ώτεραι ἂν αἱ οὐσίαι εἶεν Id. Pol. 1309a25; ὁ. ὁ γάμος marriage with an equal, A. Pr. 901 (lyr.); ὁ. ἔρωτες Theoc. 12.10; ἀλλάλοις ὁμαλοί on a level with one another, equal, Id. 15.50, cf. Erinn. 4.2; ὁ. βίος IG 14.463. Adv. -λῶς, ἡ δίαιθʼ ὁ. διάκειται is equable, Critias 6.25.
      • 6 not remarkable, middling, average, ὁ. στρατιώτης an ordinary sort of soldier, Theoc. 14.56.
    • II Adv. ὁμαλῶς (cf. supr. I.4, 5) evenly, ἀλείφειν καὶ περιστέλλειν ὁ. Hp. Acut. 17; ὁ. βαίνειν march in an even line, Th. 5.70; ὁ. προϊέναι X. An. 1.8.14; ὁ. ῥίπτειν, σπείρειν, Id. Oec. 17.7, 20.3; κινεῖσθαι Arist. Ph. 238a21, cf. Epicur. Ep. 2pp. 49,51 U.; εὐφραίνεσθαι Id. Sent.Vat. 48.
      • 2 on terms of equality, ὁ. βιῶναι Isoc. 4.151; πραγμάτων ὁ. πάντων of all alike, Plu. Per. 6; πάντες ὁ. ib. 10, etc.; ὁ. πανταχοῦ Damox. 2.30.—Cf. ὁμαλής.

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