ὁμιλία
Alt. ὁμι_λία, ἡ,
Etym. ὁμιλέω
I. "a being together, communion, intercourse, converse, company", Lat. commercium, Aesch., etc.:— ὁμ. τινός "communion or intercourse with" one, Hdt.; πρός τινα Soph., etc.; τοὺς ἀξίους δὲ τῆς ἐμῆς ὁμιλίας those who are worthy of my "society", Ar.; ὁμ. χθονός "intercourse with" a country, Eur.; πολιτεία καὶ ὁμ. public and "private life", Thuc.:—also in pl., Ἑλληνικαὶ ὁμιλίαι "association" with Greeks, Hdt.; αἱ συγγενεῖς ὁμιλίαι "intercourse" with kinsfolk, Eur.
2. "sexual intercourse", Hdt., Xen., etc.
3. "instruction", Xen.:—later, "a homily, sermon."
II. "an association, company", Hdt., Aesch.:—in collect. sense, "fellow-sojourners", Aesch.; ναὸς ὁμ. ship- "mates", Soph.