ὁμῆλιξ

homelix

of the same age

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15197
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16419
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24107
Iliad 1
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

954

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὁμῆλιξ, Aeol. ὐμᾶλιξ Theoc. 30.20 : ῐκος, ὁ, ἡ :—A. of the same age, mostly of young persons, Od. 15.197, 16.419, Hes. Op. 444,447, Hdt. 1.99, E. Hipp. 1098, etc. ; of things, παραδοχὰς . . ὁμήλικας χρόνῳ Id. Ba. 201. 2. as Subst., equal in age, comrade, νίψον σοῖο ἄνακτος ὁμήλικα (of an elderly man) Od. 19.358 ; δάμαρτος τῆς ἐμῆς ὁ. E. Alc. 953. II. of like stature, Luc. Pr.Im. 13 : neut., ὁμήλικα ζῷα Apollon. Mir. 17.

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