ὁμῑλ-έω,
Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. singular present ὀμίλλει [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 61.29 ] Refs 7th c.BC+] Lobel, to be in company with, consort with, μνηστῆρσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.21, +others, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 500c, etc.: with Preps., ἠὲ μετὰ Τρώεσσιν ὁμιλέοι ἦ μετ᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.86, compare 834; ἐνὶ πρώτοισιν ὁ. 18.194, compare 535 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πὰρ παύροισι.. ὁμιλεῖς consortest with few, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.383. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 absolutely, μηδ᾽ ἄλλοθ᾽ ὁμιλήσαντες joining in company, [[ 4.684 ] Refs]; περὶ νεκρὸν ὁ. throng about the corpse, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.641, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.19. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II in hostile sense, join battle with, ὁμιλέομεν Δαναοῖσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.523, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.265; μετὰ τοῖσιν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.502; σὺν Λαπίθαισί σε Κενταύρων ὁμιλῆσαι δορί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 792 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, join battle, εὖτ᾽ ἂν πρῶτον ὁμιλήσωσι φάλαγγες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.158. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__III of social intercourse, hold converse with, be acquainted with, associate with, τινι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130; κακοῖς ἀνδράσιν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 753 (troch.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλήλοις, μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων, πρὸς ἀλλήλους, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 188d, “Plt.” 272c, “Lg.” 886c; τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ πρὸς τοὺς ἐρωμένους ὁ. [prev. author] “Phdr.” 252d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of political intercourse, εἰθισμένος πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου ὁ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77; ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου ὁ. [prev. author] 3.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of scholars, ὁ. τινί frequent a teacher's lectures, be his pupil, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.15, 39 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. τῇ Ὁμήρου ποιήσει to be familiar with it, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pr.Im.” 26 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare ὁμιλητής.