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οἶμος

οἶμος, a way, road, path

οἶμος (οἷμος S. Ichn. 168, Call. Aet. Oxy. 2079.27 [Fr. 1.27 Pf.], Parth. Fr. 31, Epigr.Gr. (v. infr.), Hdn.Gr. 1.546, cf. φροίμιον), ὁ, also ἡ (v. infr.),
  • way, road, path, Hes. Op. 290, Pi. P. 4.248; λευρὸν οἶ. αἰθέρος A. Pr. 396; ἁπλῆ οἶ. εἰς Ἅιδου φέρει Id. Fr. 239; ὀρθὴν παρʼ οἶ., ἣ ʼπὶ Λάρισαν φέρει E. Alc. 835; ἐς τὴν παραπλησίην οἶ. ἐμπίπτουσιν Hp. Decent. 4; τὸν αὐτὸν οἶ. πορευόμενοι Pl. R. 420b; ἄλλην οἶ. ἐκπορεύεται Men. 681; λυγρήν θʼ οἷ. ἔβην Epigr.Gr. 227 (Teos).
      • 2 stripe, οἶμοι κυάνοιο stripes or layers of cyanos, Il. 11.24.
      • 3 strip of land, tract, country, Σκύθην ἐς οἶ. A. Pr. 2.
      • 4 metaph., οἶμος ἀοιδῆς the course or strain of song, h.Merc. 451; ἐπέων οἶμον λιγύν Pi. O. 9.47, cf. P. 2.96, Call. Jov. 78.

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