ὁμηλικία
homelikia
sameness of age
Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὁμηλικία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. sameness of age (so perh. Il. 20.465), used as a collective, those of the same age, esp. of young persons, ὁμηλικίην ἐρατεινήν Il. 3.175 ; ὃν περὶ πάσης τῖεν ὁμηλικίης 5.326, cf. Od. 3.364, 1018 ; οἶος -ίην ἐκέκαστο ὄρνιθας γνῶναι Od. 2.158, cf. Il. 13.431 : as subj. of pl. verb, Supp.Epigr. 1.567.6 (Karanis, iii B.C.). II. of one person, = ὁμῆλιξ, ὁμηλικίη δʼ ἐμοὶ αὐτῷ but he is of the same age with myself, Od. 3.49 ; ὁ. δέ μοί ἐσσι 22.209, cf. 6.23 ; of two persons, Il. 13.485.
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