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Homeric

//həʊˈmɛɹɪk// adj

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Adjective

1
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 avarice of the Homeric treaſures; and, for fear of ſuffering a ſparkling ornament to be loſt, he has inſerted it where it cannot ſhine with its original ſplendor."
2
Alternative letter-case form of Homeric. alt-of
"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."
3
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."
4
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."

Adjective

1
relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him wordnet

Etymology

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.

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