ὅμῑλ-ος,
Aeolic dialect ὄμιλλος [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 658.55 ] Refs]: ὁ: (ὁμός, ἴλη) any assembled crowd, throng of people, for a feast, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.225 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; for a spectacle, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.603, 23.651, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.123, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 123, +others, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 100, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: rare in Attic dialect Comedy texts and Prose, as [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 323, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65, 4.112 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially the mass of the people, the crowd, opposed to the chiefs, προπάροιθεν ὁμίλου [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.22; ὅ. Δαναῶν, Τρώων, etc., 19.402, 4.86, +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππων καὶ ἀνδρῶν ὅ. [[ 10.338 ] Refs]; τὸν ψιλὸν ὅ. the crowd of irregulars, opposed to ὁπλῖται, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.125 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; mob, διδασκάλῳ χρείωνται ὁμίλῳ [[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 104; ὁ πολλὸς ὅ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.88, compare 3.81; τυφλὸν δ᾽ ἔχει ἦτορ ὅ. ἀνδρῶν ὁ πλεῖστος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also ὅ. πολλὸς μὲν Ἕλλην περιοικέει a large Hellenic population, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.23. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b of inanimate objects, [σῆμα] οὔ τι μεμιγμένον ἐστὶν ὁμίλῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.196. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 throng of battle, τὴν ἔξαγ᾽ ὁμίλου [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.353, compare 4.516 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; πρώτῳ ἐν ὁ. in the forefront of battle, [[ 17.471: generally, ] Refs]tumult, confusion, βοῇ καὶ ὁμίλῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.59; σοφίῃ καὶ μὴ βίῃ καὶ ὁ. [prev. author] 3.127.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —The word seems not to be used in _plural_