Homerus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hoˈmeː.rus/, [hɔˈmeːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈme.rus/, [oˈmɛːrus]

Proper noun

Homērus m sg (genitive Homērī); second declension

1. Homer, the Greek poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Homērus
Genitive	Homērī
Dative	Homērō
Accusative	Homērum
Ablative	Homērō
Vocative	Homēre

Derived terms

• homēricus
• homērista
• homērius
• homēriācus
• homērocentō
• homēromastix
• homēronidēs

 

Descendants

Derived terms

• Catalan: Homer
• Dutch: Homerus
• English: Homer
• French: Homère
• Indonesian: Homerus
• Italian: Omero
• Maltese: Omeru
• Portuguese: Homero
• Romanian: Homer
• Sicilian: Omeru
• Spanish: Homero

References

• “Homerus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Homerus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.