Homericaladj.

Brit.

/hə(ʊ)ˈmɛrɪkl/, U.S.

/hoʊˈmɛrɪk(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English Omericalle, 1500s–1600s Homericall, 1700s– Homerical.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Homēricus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin Homēricus Homeric adj. + -al suffix¹.Quot. ?a1475 refers to a commentary on Homer which is attributed to Aristotle in Neoplatonic biographical tradition, but the text of which is not extant.

Now rare.

= Homeric adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > Homer

Homerical?a1475

Homeric1594

Homerican1678

Homerian1717

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 361 Aristotille the noble clerke tauȝhte eloquency amonge other thynges specially, as his Omericalle commentes [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. Commentis Homerici; L. Homerica commenta] declare and expresse.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. A* All ye (whom I see here present) doe fare as if ye were well whitled, and thoroughly moysted with the Nectar wine of the Homericall Goddes.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. xiii. 241 Ferrarius..saith that this is called Homerica medicatio, bicause Homer discouered the bloud of the word suppressed, and the infections healed by or in mysteries... Of these Homericall medicines he saith there are foure sorts.

1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar 160 The versifier..doth furnish this Queene-Mother, and her martiall daughters, with sixe thousand armed Ladies, out of his Homericall hearsayes.

1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. iv. 175 What Homericall or Virgillian Pen can perfectly paint the admirable deeds done by Don Zara.

a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 23 Her name is of the Homerical strain.

1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 305 It has been objected by some..that Pope's version of Homer is not Homerical.

1831 Amer. Ann. Educ. & Instr. 1 516 In returning to Homerical studies, some written exercises in poetry may be added, merely with the view of fixing the rules of Prosody in the mind of the pupil.

1864 J. R. Snowden Coins of Bible xi. 62 There was another talent..of great antiquity, which some authorities call the Homerical talent.

1907 Current Lit. May 489/1 Nelidoff is sixty-two, patriarchally bearded, of Homerical sublimity in aspect.

1984 D. Sidney-Fryer in D. Herron Dark Barbarian ii. 17 Howard was descended of pioneer forebears and one senses a certain Homerical quality of the frontier and the frontiersman in his best writings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	homerical
释义	Homericaladj. Brit. /hə(ʊ)ˈmɛrɪkl/, U.S. /hoʊˈmɛrɪk(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English Omericalle, 1500s–1600s Homericall, 1700s– Homerical. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Homēricus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin Homēricus Homeric adj. + -al suffix¹.Quot. ?a1475 refers to a commentary on Homer which is attributed to Aristotle in Neoplatonic biographical tradition, but the text of which is not extant. Now rare. = Homeric adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > Homer Homerical?a1475 Homeric1594 Homerican1678 Homerian1717 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 361 Aristotille the noble clerke tauȝhte eloquency amonge other thynges specially, as his Omericalle commentes [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. Commentis Homerici; L. Homerica commenta] declare and expresse. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. A* All ye (whom I see here present) doe fare as if ye were well whitled, and thoroughly moysted with the Nectar wine of the Homericall Goddes. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. xiii. 241 Ferrarius..saith that this is called Homerica medicatio, bicause Homer discouered the bloud of the word suppressed, and the infections healed by or in mysteries... Of these Homericall medicines he saith there are foure sorts. 1624 E. Bolton Nero Caesar 160 The versifier..doth furnish this Queene-Mother, and her martiall daughters, with sixe thousand armed Ladies, out of his Homericall hearsayes. 1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. iv. 175 What Homericall or Virgillian Pen can perfectly paint the admirable deeds done by Don Zara. a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 23 Her name is of the Homerical strain. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 305 It has been objected by some..that Pope's version of Homer is not Homerical. 1831 Amer. Ann. Educ. & Instr. 1 516 In returning to Homerical studies, some written exercises in poetry may be added, merely with the view of fixing the rules of Prosody in the mind of the pupil. 1864 J. R. Snowden Coins of Bible xi. 62 There was another talent..of great antiquity, which some authorities call the Homerical talent. 1907 Current Lit. May 489/1 Nelidoff is sixty-two, patriarchally bearded, of Homerical sublimity in aspect. 1984 D. Sidney-Fryer in D. Herron Dark Barbarian ii. 17 Howard was descended of pioneer forebears and one senses a certain Homerical quality of the frontier and the frontiersman in his best writings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475
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