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ὁμοκλ-ή , , or ὀμοκλή (v. foreg., fin.),
A.threat, reproof, rebuke,οἱ δὲ ἄνακτος ὑποδδείσαντες .Il.12.413 ; “χαλεπαὶ δὲ ἀνάκτων εἰσὶν .Od.17.189 ; νήκουστος ὁμοκλέων deaf to reproaches, Emp.137.3 ; of the threatening shouts of an attacking enemy, “μάχῃ ἔνι μεῖναι ὁμοκλήνIl.16.147 ; of shouts addressed to horses, “τοὶ δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ὀμοκλῆς ῥίμφ᾽ ἔφερον θοὸν ἅρμαh.Cer.88, Hes.Sc.341 ; of the sound of flutes, “ἐν αὐλῶν παμφώνοις ὁμοκλαῖςPi.I.5(4).27, cf. A.Fr.57.5 (anap.).
II. in later Ep., onset, attack,βορέαο .Nic.Th.311 ; of Sirius, “Κυνὸς δριμεῖαν .Opp.H.1.152 ; of fire, ib.4.14, cf. Q.S.6.614, al., Man.2.374. (Etym. dub. ; signf. 11 perh. arose from misinterpr. of Il.16.147.)
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