ὁμοῦ + αὐδή
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ὅμαδος θόρυβος, παρὰ τὸ ὁμοῦ αὐδᾶν
Translation (En)
Homados "uproar, confused noise", from homou "together" and audē "voice"
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Herodian, Peri Iliakês prosôdias, Lentz III/2, 83 (ap. A Schol. Il 12.471a Erbse) (τὸ μὲν ὅμαδος δασυντέον· ἔχει γὰρ τὸ ὁμοῦ ἐγκείμενον); bT Schol. Il. 2.96 (ὅμαδος: ὁμόαυδός τις ὤν, b(BCE3E4)T ἡ ὁμοῦ αὐδή); Photius, Lexicon, omicron, p. 330 (Ὁμαδος: θόρυβος· ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁμοῦ αὐδᾶν); Συναγωγὴ λέξεων χρησίμων, omicron 126 (idem); Epimerismi Homerici Il. 1.1b1a (ἐκ τοῦ ὅμαδος· τοῦτο δὲ παρὰ τὸ ὁμοῦ αὐδᾶν, ὁμόαυδός τις ὤν); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 26 (ἐκ τοῦ ὅμαδος· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ὁμοῦ αὐδᾶν); ibid., omicron, p. 426 (Ὁμαδὸς, θορυβὸς, κραυγὴ, παρὰ τὸ ὁμοῦ αὐδᾷν); Eustathius, Comm. Il. vol. 1, 276 Van der Valk (Ὅμαδος δὲ ἡ ὁμοῦ αὐδή, ὁ κοινὸς θόρυβος, ὅπερ καὶ ἀλαλητὸς λέγεται, οἱονεὶ ὁμολαλητός); ibid., vol. 2, 466 (ὅμαδος παρὰ τὴν ὁμοῦ αὐδήν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 623 (Ὅμαδος: ‘Ὅμαδος δ’ ἦν’, Ἰλιάδος βʹ, θόρυβος, κραυγή· οἱονεὶ ἅμαυδός τις ὤν· παρὰ τὸ πολλοὺς ὁμοῦ αὐδᾶν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, omicron, p. 1446 (Ὅμαδος. ὁ θόρυβος. ἡ κραυγή. οἱονεὶ ἅμαυδός τις ὤν· παρὰ τὸ ὁμοῦ πολλὰ αὐδεῖν); Schol. Od. 1.355b2 Pontani (ὅμαδος γὰρ ὁ θροῦς. γίνεται δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁμοῦ ᾄδειν. / ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁμοῦ καὶ τοῦ αὐδὴ ἡ φωνή); Scholia in Platonem (vetera) 364ebis (ὅμαδον. συναγωγήν, ἢ θόρυβον, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὁμοῦ αὐδᾶν)
Comment
Descriptive compositional etymology, implying a syncope in the second member of the compound, αὐδή. The ὅμαδος would refer to the fact that it consists of several people speaking or shouting at the same time