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769. The Homeric use of ὁμοῖος, equal, like, with the infinitive belongs here. E.g. Λευκότεροι χιόνος, θείειν δ᾽ ἀνέμοισιν ὁμοῖοι, (horseswhiter than snow, and like the winds in swiftness (lit. to run). Il. x. 437. Οὐ γάρ οἵ τις ὁμοῖος ἐπισπέσθαι ποσὶν ἦεν, ἀνδρῶν τρεσσάντων, “for none was like him for following with his feet when men fled.” Il. xiv. 521.

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