homer meaning
EN[ˈhəʊmə] [-əʊmə(r)]WHomer
- "Homer", "Homeric", and "Homerus" redirect here. For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation), Homeric (disambiguation), Homerus (disambiguation)
- Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros) is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets.
- Whether and when he lived is unknown. Herodotus estimates that Homer lived 400 years before his own time, which would place him at around 850 BCE.
- The importance of Homer to the ancient Greeks is described in Plato's "Republic", which portrays him as the protos didaskalos, "first teacher", of the tragedians, the hegemon paideias, "leader of Greek culture", and the ten Hellada pepaideukon,
EN Homer
- NounPLhomersPREhome-SUF-mer
- (biblical measures) An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity, equal to ten ephahs or ten baths, and approximately equal to ten or eleven bushels.
- (baseball) A four-base hit; a home run.
- The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.
- A homing pigeon.
- Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.
- (sports) A person who is extremely devoted to his favorite team.
- Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.
- (biblical measures) An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity, equal to ten ephahs or ten baths, and approximately equal to ten or eleven bushels.
- VerbSGhomersPRhomeringPT, PPhomered
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- Even the blithely unselfconscious Homer is more than a little freaked out by West’s private reverie, and encourages his spawn to move slowly away without making eye contact with the crazy man.
- The Hall of Famer Al Simmons of the Philadelphia Athletics made a similar splash in 1930, homering in his first at-bat on opening day after ending a springlong holdout.
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