"ὅμηρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /hó.mɛː.ros/, /ˈo.mi.ros/, /ˈo.mi.ros/, /hó.mɛː.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)o.me̝.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈo.mi.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈo.mi.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈo.mi.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Probably from ὁμοῦ (homoû, “together”) + the ἀρ- (ar-) found in ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to fasten, join”), with a similar sense development in Latin obses (“pledge, security, hostage”). Compare ὁμαρτέω (homartéō), ὅμᾰδος (hómados). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*sem-|*h₂er-}}, {{m|grc|ὁμοῦ||together}} ὁμοῦ (homoû, “together”), {{m|grc||ἀρ-}} ἀρ- (ar-), {{m|grc|ἀραρίσκω||to fasten, join}} ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to fasten, join”), {{cog|la|obses||pledge, security, hostage}} Latin obses (“pledge, security, hostage”), {{m|grc|ὁμαρτέω}} ὁμαρτέω (homartéō), {{m|grc|ὅμᾰδος}} ὅμᾰδος (hómados) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ὁμήρου|m|second}} ὅμηρος • (hómēros) m (genitive ὁμήρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ὅμηρος|ὁμήρου}} Forms: hómēros [romanization], ὁμήρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ὅμηρος [nominative, singular], τὼ ὁμήρω [dual, nominative], οἱ ὅμηροι [nominative, plural], τοῦ ὁμήρου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ὁμήροιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ὁμήρων [genitive, plural], τῷ ὁμήρῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ὁμήροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ὁμήροις [dative, plural], τὸν ὅμηρον [accusative, singular], τὼ ὁμήρω [accusative, dual], τοὺς ὁμήρους [accusative, plural], ὅμηρε [singular, vocative], ὁμήρω [dual, vocative], ὅμηροι [plural, vocative]
  1. pledge, surety, hostage Related terms: ὁμαρτέω (homartéō)

Inflected forms

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