Homeric epithet
noun
An epithet or description used by Homer, or resembling one used by him, especially one which is much repeated or has become a usual or stock description.
- See, for example, rosy-fingered, wine-dark..
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Richard Jodrell (1745–1831), classical scholar and playwright.
- roost
- rooster
- rooster comb
- roosterfish
- roosterhead
- rooster tail
- roosting place
- roost tree
- root
- rootable
- rootage
- root and branch
- Root and Branch Bill
- root and brancher
- root and branch party
- Root and Branch Petition
- root and branch policy
- root and branch reform
- root aorist
- root-a-toot
- root ball
- root-balled
- root beer
- root beetle
- root-bound