Homerizev.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊmərʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊməˌraɪz/

Forms: 1700s– Homerize, 1800s– Homerise.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Ὁμηρίζειν.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Ὁμηρίζειν to act scenes from Homer, in Byzantine Greek also to imitate Homer, to use Homeric phrases (4th cent. a.d.) < ancient Greek Ὅμηρος Homer (see Homeric adj.) + -ίζειν -ize suffix.

1. intransitive. To imitate the Homeric poems in style or content. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > imitate specific poet [verb (intransitive)]

Petrarchize1593

Pindarize1662

Homerize1765

Skeltonize1822

Byronize1823

Shakespearize1837

Whitmanize1902

Miltonize1903

1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 ii. Acct. Bks. 272/2 Phidias and Apelles may be said formerly to have homerized.

1828 A. Herbert Nimrod II. i. 12 The poets indeed, affecting to Homerize, used to call the Greeks the Achæans.

1850 Mass. Q. Rev. Mar. 210 Virgil homerizes, hesiodizes, and plays Theocritus now and then.

1906 D. H. Holmes Pedlar's Pack 3 All those..who Homerize or Virgilate, We don't expect for clients.

2. transitive. To treat or put in a Homeric style.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > invest with character of or imitate specific poet [verb (transitive)]

Byronize1823

Shakespearize1837

Homerize1874

Miltonize1893

Tennysonize1910

1874 N. L. Thieblin Spain & Spaniards II. ix. 309 I may just adduce one of two instances..of the intense proclivity of the Spaniards in this way to disfigure and Homerise the most simple things.

1931 PMLA 46 1065 Matthew Arnold, for instance, endeavoured to Homerize his Sohrab and Rustum and Balder Dead.

1977 Crit. Inq. 3 570 The very first words of the book, ‘Stately, plump Buck Mulligan’,..seem to Homerize English.

2000 A. W. James & K. H. Lee Comm. Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica V 8 If we look for traces of Q.'s influence on Dorotheus' poem beyond the general one of aspiring to Homerise a Christian subject, there are just a few.

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

单词	homerize
释义	Homerizev. Brit. /ˈhəʊmərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈhoʊməˌraɪz/ Forms: 1700s– Homerize, 1800s– Homerise. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Ὁμηρίζειν. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek Ὁμηρίζειν to act scenes from Homer, in Byzantine Greek also to imitate Homer, to use Homeric phrases (4th cent. a.d.) < ancient Greek Ὅμηρος Homer (see Homeric adj.) + -ίζειν -ize suffix. 1. intransitive. To imitate the Homeric poems in style or content. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > imitate specific poet [verb (intransitive)] Petrarchize1593 Pindarize1662 Homerize1765 Skeltonize1822 Byronize1823 Shakespearize1837 Whitmanize1902 Miltonize1903 1765 Ann. Reg. 1764 ii. Acct. Bks. 272/2 Phidias and Apelles may be said formerly to have homerized. 1828 A. Herbert Nimrod II. i. 12 The poets indeed, affecting to Homerize, used to call the Greeks the Achæans. 1850 Mass. Q. Rev. Mar. 210 Virgil homerizes, hesiodizes, and plays Theocritus now and then. 1906 D. H. Holmes Pedlar's Pack 3 All those..who Homerize or Virgilate, We don't expect for clients. 2. transitive. To treat or put in a Homeric style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > invest with character of or imitate specific poet [verb (transitive)] Byronize1823 Shakespearize1837 Homerize1874 Miltonize1893 Tennysonize1910 1874 N. L. Thieblin Spain & Spaniards II. ix. 309 I may just adduce one of two instances..of the intense proclivity of the Spaniards in this way to disfigure and Homerise the most simple things. 1931 PMLA 46 1065 Matthew Arnold, for instance, endeavoured to Homerize his Sohrab and Rustum and Balder Dead. 1977 Crit. Inq. 3 570 The very first words of the book, ‘Stately, plump Buck Mulligan’,..seem to Homerize English. 2000 A. W. James & K. H. Lee Comm. Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica V 8 If we look for traces of Q.'s influence on Dorotheus' poem beyond the general one of aspiring to Homerise a Christian subject, there are just a few. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1765
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