ὁμοί-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
a being made like, θεῷ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 176b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 likeness, resemblance, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 41 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀλλοίωσις, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 454c; καθ᾽ ὁμοίωσιν θεοῦ NT.Jam.3.9, cf. LXX.Gen.1.26. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__3 establishment of a resemblance, τῆς ὁ. ἕνεκεν αὐτῆς λαμβάνεσθαι τὰς μεταφοράς [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.177 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3.b Grammars, comparison, -ώσεως ἐπιρρήματα [[ 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 642.6. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__4 simile, Ps.-[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Vitae Homeri” 84, +others ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__5 [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] name for nine, [[ Theol.Ar. 57. ] Refs]