Homeric

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Homer, his works, or the legends and age of which he wrote.
2. Heroic in proportion, degree, or character; epic.

Homerically Ho·mer'i·cal·ly adv.

Homeric [hoh‐merr‐ik], characteristic of or resembling the Greek epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey (c. 8th century BCE), which are by custom attributed to ‘Homer’, a figure about whom nothing is known. For Homeric simile, see epic simile; for Homeric epithet, see epithet. The Homeric Hymns are a group of 33 ancient Greek poems of various dates from the 8th century BCE onwards and of unknown authorship (although some were formerly attributed to Homer); they celebrate the qualities of various Greek deities, sometimes in the form of prolonged invocations.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him
  Pertains to noun: Homer (meaning #2)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - homerisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
homerisch, bovenmenselijk

Français (French)
adj. - homérique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - homerisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ομηρικός, αναφερόμενος στον 'Ομηρο

Italiano (Italian)
omerico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - homérico, extraordinário (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
гомерический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - homérico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - homerisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
荷马的, 荷马式的, 荷马时代的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 荷馬的, 荷馬式的, 荷馬時代的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 호머의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ホメーロスの, 規模雄大な, ホメロス風の
n. - イオニア方言

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ملحمي, بطولي, ذو علاقه بهوميروس, أو بشعره أو بالعصر الذي كتب فيه ملاحم الالياذة والاوديسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של הומרוס, הומרי, רחבת-יריעה (יצירה סיפרותית)‬

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