ὅμαδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The formation is similar to ἄραδος (árados), κέλαδος (kélados) and χρόμαδος (khrómados). Usually connected with Sanskrit समद् (samad, “strife, battle”), but this is rather improbable. The word could belong to ὁμάζω (homázō, “to growl”) and thus of onomatopoeic origin, although DELG rejects this comparison because of the semantics.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hó.ma.dos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)o.ma.dos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ma.ðos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ma.ðos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ma.ðos/

Noun

ὅμᾰδος • (hómados) m (genitive ὅμᾰ́δου); second declension

noise, din, especially of the voices of men
throng or mob of warriors
din of battle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὅμᾰδος; τοῦ ὁμᾰ́δου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὅμᾰδος ho hómados	τὼ ὁμᾰ́δω tṑ homádō	οἱ ὅμᾰδοι hoi hómadoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὁμᾰ́δου toû homádou	τοῖν ὁμᾰ́δοιν toîn homádoin	τῶν ὁμᾰ́δων tôn homádōn
Dative	τῷ ὁμᾰ́δῳ tôi homádōi	τοῖν ὁμᾰ́δοιν toîn homádoin	τοῖς ὁμᾰ́δοις toîs homádois
Accusative	τὸν ὅμᾰδον tòn hómadon	τὼ ὁμᾰ́δω tṑ homádō	τοὺς ὁμᾰ́δους toùs homádous
Vocative	ὅμᾰδε hómade	ὁμᾰ́δω homádō	ὅμᾰδοι hómadoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὁμαδεύω (homadeúō)
ὁμαδέω (homadéō)
ὁμαδίς (homadís)