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Homeric¹
- /həʊˈmɛɹɪk/ UK
- /hoʊˈmɛɹɪk/ US
Where it comes from
From Latin homēricus (“of or pertaining to Homer; Homeric”), from Ancient Greek Ὁμηρικός (Homērikós), from Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “Homer”) (possibly from ὅμηρος (hómēros, “hostage”), a nickname) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming relational adjectives) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (suffix forming relational adjectives)); analysable as Homer + -ic.
adjective more Homeric · most Homeric · homeric · Homerick
- Resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer. The warmeſt admirers of the great Mantuan poet [Virgil] can extol him for little more than the ſkill with which he has, by making his hero both a traveller and a warrior, united the beauties of the Iliad and the Odyſſey in one compoſition: yet his judgment was perhaps ſometimes overborne, by his ava
- Of or pertaining to Greece during the Bronze Age, as described in Homer's works. Women are often carried away by force; and the whole tribe, as in Homeric times, rise to avenge the wrong.
- Fit to be immortalized in poetry by Homer; epic, heroic. At home he [John Ruskin] looks young & rompish at the meeting, at Hunts meeting he looked old & ungainly, but his power & eloquence as a speaker were homeric.
homeric²
adjective more homeric · most homeric
- Alternative letter-case form of Homeric At home he [John Ruskin] looks young & rompish at the meeting, at Hunts meeting he looked old & ungainly, but his power & eloquence as a speaker were homeric.
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adj resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
| Español | homérico |
|---|---|
| Français | homérique |
| Deutsch | homerisch |
| Italiano | omerico |
| Русский | гомери́ческий gomeríčeskij |
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