ὅμᾰδ-ος,ὁ,
A. noise, din,esp. of the confused voices of a number of men (coupled withδοῦπος,the tramp of men), Il. 9.573 , 23.234 , Od. 10.556 (nowh. else in Od. ) ; also opp. the sound of flutes and pipes, συρίγγων τ' ἐνοπὴν ὅμαδόν τ' ἀνθρώπων
Il. 10.13
, cf. Pi. N. 6.38 , Philyll. 5 (lyr.) ; ὅ. ἄλυρον ἔλεγον
E. Hel. 185
(lyr.) ; rarely of a tempest, Il. 13.797 .
II. noisy throngormob of warriors,
7.307 , 15.689 , 17.380 : metaph., βίβλων ὅ.
Pl. R. 364e
.
III. din of battle,
Hes. Sc. 155 , 257 ;χάλκεον στονόεντ' . . ὅμαδον the dinof brazen war, Pi. I. 8(7).27 .— Ep. and Lyr., never in Trag., exc. in E. l. c. (lyr.), once in Pl.l.c.