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Hŏmērus , i, m., = Ὅμηρος,
I.the Greek poet Homer, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; 1, 32, 79; id. Rep. 2, 10; id. Brut. 10, 40; id. Arch. 8, 19; id. de Or. 3, 34, 137; Vell. 1, 5, 2; Quint. 10, 1, 47 sq.; Hor. A. P. 359 al.—
II. Derivv.
A. Hŏmērĭcus , a, um, adj., = Ὁμηρικός, of or belonging to Homer, Homeric: “versus,” Cic. Div. 1, 25, 52; cf. “dispositio,” Quint. 5, 12, 14: “facultas eloquendi,” id. 10, 1, 81: “more,” id. 7, 10, 11: “Ajax,” Cic. Div. 2, 39, 82; cf. “Agamemno,” id. Tusc. 3, 26, 62: “senex,” i. e. Nestor, Plin. Ep. 4, 3, 3: “oculi,” i. e. blind, Tert. Pall. 2.—*
B. Hŏmērĭă-cus , a, um, adj., the same: “notae,” Auct. Priap. 69.—*
C. Hŏmērĭus , a, um, adj., the same: “scyphi, quos Homerios a caelatura carminum Homeri vocabat,” Suet. Ner. 47.—
D. Hŏmērista , ae, m., = Ὁμηριστής, a Homeric rhapsodist, Petr. 29; Diom. p. 481 P.—*
E. Hŏmērŏnĭdes , ae, m., an imitator of Homer, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 4.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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