ὅμοιος 1 ionic and old attic ὁμοῖος, η, ον
I.like, resembling, Lat. similis, Hom., etc.; proverb., τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον "birds of a feather flock together, " Od.; so, ὁ ὅμοιος τῷ ὁμοίῳ Plat.:—comp. ὁμοιότερος more like, id=Plat.; Sup. -ότατος most like, Hdt., Soph., etc.
2.= ὁ αὐτός, the same, Hom.; ἓν καὶ ὅμ. one and the same, Plat.; ὁμοῖον ἡμῖν ἔσται it will be all one to us, Lat. perinde erit, Hdt.; σὺ δ᾽ αἰνεῖν εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις, ὁμοῖον Aesch.
3.shared alike by both, common, ὁμ. πόλεμος war in which each takes part, Hom.; γῆρας, θάνατος, μοῖρα common to all, id=Hom.
4.equal in force, a match for one, Lat. par, Il., Hdt.
5.like in mind, at one with, agreeing with, τινι Hes.:—hence (sub. ἑαυτῷ) always the same, id=Hes.; ὅμοιος πρὸς τοὺς αὐτοὺς κινδύνους Thuc.
6.τὸ ὁμοῖον ἀνταποδιδόναι to give "tit for tat," Lat. par pari referre, Hdt.; so, τὴν ὁμοίην (sc. χάριν) διδόναι or ἀποδιδόναι τινί id=Hdt.; τὴν ὁμοίην φέρεσθαι παρά τινος to have a like return made one, id=Hdt.; ἐπ᾽ ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ (v. ἴσος II.2).
8.ἐκ τοῦ ὁμοίου, alike, much like ὁμοίως, Thuc.; ἐκ τῶν ὁμοίων with equal advantages, in fair fight, Aesch.
B.Construction:
1.absol., as often in Hom., etc.
2.the person or thing to which one is like in dat., as with Lat. similis, Hom., etc.; also in gen.: —ellipt., κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, for -κόμαι ταῖς τῶν Χαρίτων ὁμοῖαι, Il.
C.adv., often in the neuters, ὅμοιον and ὅμοια, ionic and old attic ὁμοῖον, ὁμοῖα, in like manner with, ὁμοῖα τοῖς μάλιστα "second to none, " Hdt.; ὁμοῖα τοῖς πρώτοισι id=Hdt.
2.alike, Aesch.
2.alike, equally, id=Hdt., Aesch.
