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ὁμιλία

homilia

intercourse, company

Appears 27 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ὁμιλία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. intercourse, company, ἔσθʼ ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν A. Th. 599 ; τὸ ξυγγενές τοι δεινὸν ἡ θʼ ὁ. Id. Pr. 39, etc. ; ὁ. τινός communion or intercourse with one, Hdt. 4.174 ; πρός τινα S. Ph. 70, Pl. Smp. 203a, al. ; τοὺς ἀξίους δὲ τῆς ἐμῆς ὁ. of my society, Ar. Pl. 776 ; ἡ σὴ ὁ. Pl. Hp.Ma. 283d ; ὁ. χθονός intercourse with a country, E. Ph. 1408 ; ἔχειν ἐν θεοῖς ὁ. live among them, Id. IA[1622] ; ἥκειν εἰς ὁ. τινί S. OT 1489 ; ἡ καθʼ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς πολιτεία καὶ ὁ. public and private life, Th. 1.68 ; ἐξ ὁμιλίας by persuasion, opp. βίᾳ, D. Ep. 1.12 : also in pl., ἀνθρώπων κακῶν-ίαι Hdt. 7.16.αʹ, cf. Epict. Ench. 33.14, etc. ; φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρήσθʼ ὁ. κακαί E. Fr. 1024 (= Men. 218) ; Ἑλληνικαὶ ὁ. association with Greeks, Hdt. 4.77 ; ἐνδίκοις ὁ. A. Eu. 966 (lyr.) ; αἱ . . συγγενεῖς ὁ. intercourse with kinsfolk, E. Tr. 51 ; ὁ. κακαῖς χρῆσθαι Pl. R. 550b ; αἱ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὁ. καὶ αἱ τῶν πραγμάτων Arist. Pol. 1336b32, etc. 2. sexual intercourse, Hdt. 1.182, X. Smp. 8.22, Mem. 3.11.14, etc. ; νυμφικαὶ ὁ. E. Hel. 1400 ; ὁ. τῶν ἀφροδισίων Arist. HA 582a26 ; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρρενας or τῶν ἀρρένων ὁ., Id. Pol. 1272a24, 1269b29. 3. instruction, X. Mem. 1.2.6 and 15 ; lecture, Ael. VH 3.19 : in pl., title of work by Critias, Gal. 18(2).656. 4. ὁμιλέειν ὁμιλίῃ to be versed in it by practice, opp. λόγῳ εἰδέναι, Hp. Art. 10. 5. ἡ πλείστη ὁ. τοῦ ὀνόματος its commonest usage, Epicur. Ep. 1p.22U. ; so ὁμιλίαι φωνῆς, αἱ τῶν λέξεων ὁ., Phld. Rh. 1.288 S., Oec.p.59J. ; αἱ κοιναὶ ὁ. common usage, S.E. M. 1.1 ; τῶν ἰδιωτῶν -ίαι ib.64 ; ἡ ἀνὰ χεῖρα -ία A.D. Synt. 37.2 ; ἡ κοινὴ καλουμένη καὶ ἀνὰ χεῖρα -ία Hermog. Id. 2.7. II. association, company, ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἀρίστων ἐπιλέξαντες ὁμιλίην Hdt. 3.81, cf. A. Eu. 57. 2. in collect. sense, τήνδʼ ὁμιλίαν χθονός these fellow-sojourners in the land, ib.406 ; ναὸς κοινόπλους ὁ. ship-mates, S. Aj. 872 ; ἀδελφῶν ἡ παροῦσʼ ὁ. E. Heracl. 581, cf. Hipp. 19 (dub. l.).
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