ὁμαλός

ὁμαλός, ή, όν, (ὁμός, ἅμα) of a surface, A. even, level, οἱ δʼ ὁμαλὸν ποίησαν Od. 9.327 : freq. in Prose, opp. τραχύς, X. An. 4.6.12, cf. SIG 996.32 (Smyrna), etc. ; ἐν τῷ ὁ., ἐς τὸ ὁ., on (to) level ground, Th. 5.65, X. An. 4.2.16 : Sup. -ώτατον Th. 4.31, cf. Hp. Aër. 13; λεῖον καὶ ὁ . . . σῶμα ἐποίησε smooth and even, Pl. Ti. 34b. 2. uniform in consistency, of a sediment, Hp. Prog. 12, cf. Judic. 3, Gal. 9.605. 3. of sound, φωνὴ ὁ. καὶ λεία Pl. Ti. 67b, cf. Arist. HA 581a19. 4. even, equable, κατάτασις δικαίη καὶ ὁ. Hp. Fract. 30 ; of motion, Arist. Ph. 223a1, etc. ; δίνη Epicur. Ep. 2p.53U.; τὸ ὁ. καὶ σύμμετρον, opp. τὸ ἄκρατον, Pl. Lg. 773a ; τὸ ὁ. consistency, of ἦθος, Arist. Po. 1454a26. Adv. -λῶς, ἀνώμαλος regularly irregular, ib.a27. 5. of circumstances, on a level, equal, -ώτεραι ἂν αἱ οὐσίαι εἶεν Id. Pol. 1309a25 ; ὁ. ὁ γάμος marriage with an equal, A. Pr. 901 (lyr.) ; ὁ. ἔρωτες Theoc. 12.10 ; ἀλλάλοις ὁμαλοί on a level with one another, equal, Id. 15.50, cf. Erinn. 4.2 ; ὁ. βίος IG 14.463. Adv. -λῶς, ἡ δίαιθʼ ὁ. διάκειται is equable, Critias 6.25. 6. not remarkable, middling, average, ὁ. στρατιώτης an ordinary sort of soldier, Theoc. 14.56. II. Adv. ὁμαλῶς (cf. supr. I.4, 5) evenly, ἀλείφειν καὶ περιστέλλειν ὁ. Hp. Acut. 17 ; ὁ. βαίνειν march in an even line, Th. 5.70 ; ὁ. προϊέναι X. An. 1.8.14 ; ὁ. ῥίπτειν, σπείρειν, Id. Oec. 17.7, 20.3 ; κινεῖσθαι Arist. Ph. 238a21, cf. Epicur. Ep. 2pp.49,51 U. ; εὐφραίνεσθαι Id. Sent.Vat. 48. 2. on terms of equalily, ὁ. βιῶναι Isoc. 4.151 ; πραγμάτων ὁ. πάντων of all alike, Plu. Per. 6 ; πάντες ὁ. ib.10, etc. ; ὁ. πανταχοῦ Damox. 2.30.—Cf. ὁμαλής.