Homeric

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homeric \Ho*mer"ic\, a. [L. Homericus, Gr. "Omhriko`s.]
     Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets;
     resembling the poetry of Homer.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Homeric verse}, hexameter verse; -- so called because used


        by Homer in his epics.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Homeric
       adj : relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the
             works attributed to him; "Homeric Greek"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "Homeric":
     Alcaic, Anacreontic, Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Castalian,
     Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Hudibrastic, Pierian, Pindaric,
     Theocritean, abysmal, astronomic, bardic, bucolic, colossal,
     didactic, dithyrambic, dramatic, eclogic, elegiac, elephantine,
     enormous, epic, giant, giantlike, gigantic, heroic, huge, idyllic,
     immense, infinite, jumbo, mammoth, mighty, mock-heroic, monster,
     monstrous, monumental, mountainous, narrative, pastoral, poetic,
     poetico-mystical, poetico-mythological, poetico-philosophic,
     poetlike, prodigious, profound, rhapsodic, runic, sapphic, skaldic,
     stupendous, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast