(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:11:02

Ho*mer"ic (?), a. [L. Homericus, Gr. .]

Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.

Homeric verse, hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.

 

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