Lexical Definition

‎ὅμιλος‎ hómilos (hom'-il-os) crowd ^G:N-M
from the base of ‎ὁμοῦ‎ and a derivative of the alternate of ‎αἱρέομαι‎ (meaning a crowd)

company.

• association together, i.e. a multitude

Abbott-Smith

** ὅμιλος, -ου, ὁ, [in Aq.: I Ki 19:20*;]
a crowd, throng: Re 18:17, Rec.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὅμιλος-ος,

Aeolic dialect ὄμιλλος [Refs]: ὁ: (ὁμός, ἴλη) any assembled crowd, throng of people, for a feast, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; for a spectacle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: rare in Attic dialect Comedy texts and Prose, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially the mass of the people, the crowd, opposed to the chiefs, προπάροιθεν ὁμίλου [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵππων καὶ ἀνδρῶν ὅ. [Refs]; τὸν ψιλὸν ὅ. the crowd of irregulars, opposed to ὁπλῖται, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; mob, διδασκάλῳ χρείωνται ὁμίλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also ὅ. πολλὸς μὲν Ἕλλην περιοικέει a large Hellenic population, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__b of inanimate objects, [σῆμα] οὔ τι μεμιγμένον ἐστὶν ὁμίλῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 throng of battle, τὴν ἔξαγ᾽ ὁμίλου [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; πρώτῳ ἐν ὁ. in the forefront of battle, [Refs]tumult, confusion, βοῇ καὶ ὁμίλῳ [Refs 5th c.BC+] —The word seems not to be used in _plural_