adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Homeric
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /həʊˈmɛɹɪk/
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General-American: /hoʊˈmɛɹɪk/
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW0 M EH1 R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to Greece during the Bronze Age, as described in Homer's works.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Fit to be immortalized in poetry by Homer; epic, heroic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of Homeric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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adjective
Meaning 5
relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Homeric Greek
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History
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.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: омировски (omirovski) — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Catalan: homèric — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Czech: homérský — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Danish: homerisk — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Finnish: homeerinen — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- French: homérique — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Middle French: Homericque — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Galician: homérico — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- German: homerisch — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Ancient Greek: Ὁμηρικός (Homērikós) — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Hungarian: homéroszi — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Icelandic: hómerskur — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Icelandic: hómerískur — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Irish: Hóiméarach — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Italian: omerico — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Latin: homēricus — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Latin: homēriācus — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Latin: homērius — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Polish: homerowski — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Polish: homerowy — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Polish: homerycki — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Polish: homeryczny — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Russian: гомери́ческий (gomeríčeskij) — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Spanish: homérico — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Swedish: homerisk — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Turkish: Homerik — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer
- Ukrainian: гоме́рівський (homérivsʹkyj) — resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer