ὤμιλλα

A. a game in which nuts, etc., were thrown into a ring (εἰς ὤμιλλαν Poll. 9.102): hence metaph. of a party, circle, εἰς ὤ. ἀριστήσομεν Eup. 250; εἴσειμ’ εἰς ὤ. Id. 288.