ὀμίλλει

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `throng, band of warriors, crowd, turmoil of battle' (Il.);

Other forms: (Aeol. ὄμιλλος [EM], prob. hyperdial., s. below).

Compounds: As 2. member a.o. in ἐξ-όμιλος `standing out of the crowd, strange, uncommon' (S. in lyr.).

Derivatives: Usu. denomin. ὁμιλέω (Aeol. pres. ὀμίλλει Alc.), also w. prefix like καθ-, προσ-, ἐξ-, `to be together, to associate with (friendly or adversely), to keep company, to discourse on' (Il.) with ὁμιλ-ία, - ίη f. `being together, intercourse, association, speech, sermon' (IA.; formally from ὅμιλος, s. Schwyzer 469), - ημα n. `association' (Pl., E.), - ητής ( συν- ὅμῑλος) m. `companion, adherant, student' (X., Luc.), f. - ήτρια (Philostr. VA), - ητικός `sociable, affable, conversable' (Isoc., Plu.). -- Adv. ὁμιλᾰδόν `in bands' (Il.; - ηδόν Hes. Sc.), `together with' (A. R., Opp.); supposition on the origin by Haas Μνήμης χάριν 1, 143. -- Detail on ὅμιλος etc. in Trümpy Fachausdrücke 145 ff.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: As ὄμιλλος, ὀμίλλει can very well be hyperAeolic (Hamm Gramm. $ 73b 3 a. 158f), we must start from ὅμ-ῑλο-ς (: ὁμός etc.) with the rare ῑλο-suffix ( στρόβιλος, πέδιλον a. o.; Chantraine Form. 249); from other languages we must esp. refer to the stemidentical and sense-cognate Skt. sam-īká- n. `battle', s. Hirt IF 31, 12 f. with a hypothesis on the origin of the ī (to - īno-, - īko-, - īto- etc. Meid IF 62, 260ff. a. 63, 14ff.). After H. here also Lat. mīles `soldier' from * sm-īlo- `turmoil of battle' (then only in ablaut deviating from ὅμιλος; diff. on mīles Kretschmer Glotta 31, 156 n. 6; s. also Szemerényi Arch. Linguist. 6, 41). A similar, but quite independent formation is ἅμιλλα (s. v.); (in my view Pre-Greek). -- Improbable on ὅμιλος Johansson IF 2, 34 n. (s. Bq, WP. 2, 491, W.-Hofmann s. mīles) and Adrados Emer. 17, 119ff. ( ὁμ(ο)- and ἴλη: "whole of ἴλαι"; similar already Curtius). - I think that he word is Pre-Greek; suffixes with V̄C are frequent there; - ιλ-ο-\/- ιλλ-ο- can represent -il^y-o-.

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ὁμῑλ-έω, [dialect] Aeol. [ per.] 3sg. [tense] pres. [full] ὀμίλλει Alc.61.29 Lobel,

A to be in company with, consort with,

μνηστῆρσιν Od.2.21

, al., cf. X.Smp.2.10, Pl.R. 500c, etc.: with Preps.,

ἠὲ μετὰ Τρώεσσιν ὁμιλέοι ἦ μετ' Ἀχαιοῖς Il.5.86

, cf. 834 ;

ἐνὶ πρώτοισιν ὁ. 18.194

, cf. 535 ; πὰρ παύροισι.. ὁμιλεῖς consortest with few, Od.18.383.

2 abs.,

μηδ' ἄλλοθ' ὁμιλήσαντες

joining in company,

4.684

; περὶ νεκρὸν ὁ. throng about the corpse, Il.16.641, cf. Od.24.19.

II in hostile sense, join battle with,

ὁμιλέομεν Δαναοῖσιν Il.11.523

, cf. Od. 1.265 ;

μετὰ τοῖσιν Il.11.502

;

σὺν Λαπίθαισί σε Κενταύρων ὁμιλῆσαι δορί E.Andr. 792

(lyr.): abs., join battle,

εὖτ' ἂν πρῶτον ὁμιλήσωσι φάλαγγες Il.19.158

.

III of social intercourse, hold converse with, be acquainted with, associate with, τινι Hdt.3.130 ;

κακοῖς ἀνδράσιν A.Pers. 753

(troch.) ; ἀλλήλοις, μετ' ἀλλήλων, πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Pl.Smp. 188d, Plt. 272c, Lg. 886c ;

τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ πρὸς τοὺς ἐρωμένους ὁ. Id.Phdr. 252d

; so of political intercourse,

εἰθισμένος πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου ὁ. Th.1.77

;

ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου ὁ. Id.3.11

; of scholars, ὁ. τινί frequent a teacher's lectures, be his pupil, X.Mem.1.2.15,39 ; ὁ. τῇ Ὁμήρου ποιήσει to be familiar with it, Luc.Pr.Im.26 ; cf. ὁμιλητής.

2 to be friends,

οἱ μάλιστά τινι ὁμιλέοντες Hdt.3.99

.

3 speak to, address, harangue, c. dat., Plb.4.4.7 : abs.,

ὑπερηφάνως ὁ. Id.16.34.6

;

πρὸς ἵππον Babr.15.2

;

πρὸς ἀλλήλους Ev.Luc.24.14

: generally, speak, converse, Phld.Rh.1.116 S. ;

κατά τινα διάλεκτον S.E.M.9.179

;

Ἑβραϊστί J.AJ11.5.6

; ὁ. τινὶ περί τινος talk to.., POxy.928.5 (ii A.D.) :—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf. part.

ὡμιλημένος

used in conversation,

Phld.Rh.2.27S.

IV of marriage or sexual intercourse,

γυναιξὶ καὶ παρθένοις ὁ. X.An.3.2.25

;

παιδικοῖς Id.Mem.2.1.24

, etc. ;

σὺν τοῖς φιλτάτοις S.OT 367

, cf. 1185 ; cf. Moer.p.276 P.

V of things or business which one has to do with, attend to, busy oneself with, ὁμιλεῖν ἀρχῇ, πολέμῳ, Th.6.55,70 ;

καινοῖς πράγμασιν Ar.Nu. 1399

, cf.

ὁμιλία 1.4

; φιλοσοφίᾳ, γυμναστικῇ, Pl.R. 496b, 410c ;

παιδείᾳ OGI505.7

([place name] Aezani) ; ἐμ Μούσαις ib.282.16 (Magn. Mae., iii B.C.) ; πονηροτάτοις σώμασιν ὁ., of a physician, Pl.R. 408d ; also like χρῆσθαι, meet with, enjoy, ὁ. τύχαις to be in good fortune, Pi.N.1.61 ;

εὐτυχίᾳ ὁ. E.Or. 354

(lyr.) ; but also,

2 of the things themselves, πλαγίαις φρένεσσιν ὄλβος οὐ πάντα χρόνον ὁ. does not consort with a crooked mind, Pi.I.3.6, cf. P.7.6 ; κυλίκων νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν gave me their delight to keep me company, S.Aj. 1201 (lyr.) ;

πλοῦτος καὶ δειλοῖσιν ἀνθρώπων ὁμιλεῖ B.1.51

, cf. E.El. 940 : in physical sense, ὁ ὁ βραχίων τῷ κοίλῳ τῆς ὠμοπλάτης πλάγιος fils obliquely into.., Hp.Art.1 ; of a plaster, to be in contact,

ὁ. τῷ νοσέοντι μέρει Id.Medic.3

.

VI deal with a man, bear oneself towards him,

καλῶς ὁ. τινί Isoc.Ep.4.9

;

πρός τινα Id.2.24

;

τῷ δήμῳ πρὸς χάριν Arist.Ath.35.3

(so in [voice] Pass.,

συνειθισμένοι ὑπὸ πάντων πρὸς χάριν ὁμιλεῖσθαι Phld.Lib.p.62

O.) ; ταῦτα ἡ ἐμὴ νεότης.. ἐς τὴν Πελοποννησίων δύναμιν.. ὡμίλησε these were the achievements of my youth in intercourse with their power, Th.6.17.

VII of place, come into, enter, visit, c. dat.,

διαβάντες τὸν Ἅλυν.. ὡμίλησαν τῇ Φρυγίῃ Hdt.7.26

, cf. 214, Pi.P.7.8 ; βαρεῖα χώρᾳ τῇδ' ὁ. heavily will I visit this land, A. Eu. 720 ;

ὁ. παρ' οἰκείαις ἀρούραις Pi.O.12.19

;

ὁ. τοιᾷδε πόλει Eup. 292

; poet. also

ὁ. ἄνθεσιν Simon.47

:—[voice] Pass.,

τὰ ὁμιλούμενα τῶν χωρίων

most frequented,

Philostr.VA1.16

.

VIII ἐκτὸς ὁμιλεῖ (sc. τῶν ξυντρόφων ὀργῶν ) he wanders from his senses, S.Aj. 640 (lyr.).