Lexical Definition

‎ὁμιλία‎ homilía (hom-il-ee'-ah) association ^G:N-F
from ‎ὅμιλος‎

communication.

• companionship ("homily"), i.e. (by implication) intercourse

Abbott-Smith

ὁμιλία, -ας, ἡ (< ὅμιλος), [in LXX: Ex 21:10 (עֹנָה), al.;]
company, association: I Co 15:33.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὁμιλία-ία,

Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, intercourse, company, ἔσθ᾽ ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ. τινός communion or intercourse with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀξίους δὲ τῆς ἐμῆς ὁ. of my society, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. χθονός intercourse with a country, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν ἐν θεοῖς ὁ. live among them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς πολιτεία καὶ ὁ. public and private life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ὁμιλίας by persuasion, opposed to βίᾳ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also in plural, ἀνθρώπων κακῶν-ίαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἑλληνικαὶ ὁ. association with Greeks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ.. συγγενεῖς ὁ. intercourse with kinsfolk, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 sexual intercourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρρενας or τῶν ἀρρένων ὁ., [Refs]
__3 instruction, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lecture, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in plural, title of work by [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 ὁμιλέειν ὁμιλίῃ to be versed in it by practice, opposed to λόγῳ εἰδέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 ἡ πλείστη ὁ. τοῦ ὀνόματος its commonest usage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so ὁμιλίαι φωνῆς, αἱ τῶν λέξεων ὁ., [Refs 5th c.BC+].; αἱ κοιναὶ ὁ. common usage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τῶν ἰδιωτῶν -ίαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II association, company, ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἀρίστων ἐπιλέξαντες ὁμιλίην [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 in collective sense, τήνδ᾽ ὁμιλίαν χθονός these fellow-sojourners in the land, [Refs]; ναὸς κοινόπλους ὁ. ship-mates, [Refs 5th c.BC+]