even, level,
ὁμᾰλ-ός,ή,όν, (ὁμός, ἅμα) of a surface,
A. even, level,
οἱ δ' 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 ἐποίησεsmooth andeven,
Pl. Ti. 34b .
2. uniformin 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,ofἦθος,
Arist. Po. 1454a26 .Adv. -λῶς, ἀνώμαλος regularlyirregular, ib. a27 .
5. of circumstances,on a level, equal,
-ώτεραι ἂν αἱ οὐσίαι εἶεν
Id. Pol. 1309a25
;ὁ. ὁ γάμοςmarriagewith an equal,
A. Pr. 901 (lyr.) ; ὁ. ἔρωτες
Theoc. 12.10
;ἀλλάλοις ὁμαλοί on a level withone another,equal,
Id. 15.50 , cf. Erinn. 4.2 ; ὁ. βίος
IG 14.463
.Adv. -λῶς, ἡ δίαιθ' ὁ. διάκειταιisequable,
Critias 6.25 .
6. not remarkable, middling, average, ὁ. στρατιώτης an ordinary sort ofsoldier, Theoc. 14.56 .
II. Adv. ὁμαλῶς(cf. supr. 1.4 , 5 )evenly,
ἀλείφειν καὶ περιστέλλειν ὁ.
Hp. Acut. 17
;ὁ. βαίνεινmarchin 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. πάντωνof allalike,
Plu. Per. 6 ;πάντες ὁ.ib. 10 , etc. ; ὁ. πανταχοῦ
Damox. 2.30
.—Cf.ὁμαλής.
