ὁμοίιος

ὁμοί-ιος (A), ον,

• Ep. Adj. of uncertain meaning, perh. distressing ( = κακός acc. to Anon. ap. Apollon. Lex., also expld. as common to all or impartial, ibid., Hsch., cf. ξυνός) or perhaps levelling, ἀλλά σε γῆρας τείρει ὁ. Il. 4.315, cf. h.Ven. 244; θάνατος Od. 3.236; νεῖκος Il. 4.444, Theoc. 22.172; πόλεμος 9.440, 13.358, 15.670, al. (In place of ὁμοιίου (⏑_ _ _) πολέμοιο, ὁμοιίοο πτολέμοιο shd. be restored.) [ed. per Supp.]

ὁμοί-ιος (B), ον, Ep. (not in Hom.) perh. the same as ὁμοίιος (A), used by misunderstanding for ὁμοῖος, πατὴρ παίδεσσιν ὁμοίιος like in mind or wish, at one with, Hes. Op. 182; δέμας θνητοῖσιν ὁμοίιος Xenoph. 23.2; θηκτοῖσιν ὁμοίιος ἦεν ἀκωκαῖς Pancrat. Oxy. 1085.23; χἁ νὺξ . . ἴσα καὶ ὁμοίιος ἀώς night and day are equal, Bion Fr. 15.18. [ed. per Supp.]

ὁμοίιος, ον, Epic for ὅμοιος, ον, Il. ῑ metri grat. before a long syll.