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# homeric

adjective (rare; no change in form)

«homeric» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Homeric means of or like Homer, the ancient Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeric/#m1)
2. Homeric means grand, heroic or huge, like the great battles and long journeys in those old poems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeric/#m2)

### In the lessons

in lessons it links a tale or a version of a story to the ancient Greek poet Homer; in stories a Homeric fight is a long, epic battle

### Examples

- The Highland version of the tale is as fine as the Homeric one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeric/#x1)
- In the Homeric age, people believed in a sad life after death. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeric/#x2)
- Our class read a Homeric tale about a brave hero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeric/#x3)
- The storm lasted a Homeric three days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeric/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «homeric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homeric/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«homeric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/homeric.html) on Mova free.