homer Hear it!

homer¹ Definition

ho·mer (hō′mər)

noun

  1. an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure, equal to about 6 bushels
  2. an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure equal to about 58 gallons

Etymology: Heb ḥōmer, homer, mound < ḥāmar, to surge up, swell up

homer² Definition

homer (hōm′ər)

noun

  1. ☆ home run
  2. homing pigeon
  3. ☆ a radio or TV broadcaster, umpire, etc. regarded as favoring the home team

intransitive verb

to hit a home run

Homer¹ Definition

Ho·mer (hō′mər)

noun

a masculine name

Etymology: L Homerus < Gr Homēros < homēros, a pledge, hostage, one led, hence blind

Homer² Definition

Ho·mer (hō′mər)

  1. semilegendary Gr. epic poet of c. 8th cent. : the Iliad & the Odyssey are both attributed to him

  2. Homer, Winslow 1836-1910; U.S. painter

homer Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hit: I feel like a Yankee fan who complains because A-Rod only hit 40 homers and drives in 120 runs.
  • have: Teixeira already has 107 homers and 340 RB Giants Stadium New York phone calls seeking comment.

Adjective modifier

  • second: Maybe a number of people here are second homers, pricing the locals out of the market.

Modifies a noun

  • simpson: Homer simpson he bring over million to suburban malls a perfect fit.

Noun used with modifier

  • solo: Nick Bustin hit the leveling run with a solo homer and the go-ahead run came from third baseman Ioan Said.
Homer Quotes

There was an old man of St Omer Who objected,'This town's a misnomer; You've no right to translate And beatificate A simple digamma in Homer.'

—Quiller-Couch, SirArthurThomas known as  'Q'

   Have I not made blind Homer sing to me?

—Marlowe, Christopher

Helen, did Homer never see Thy beauties, yet could write of thee?

—Jonson, Ben

It is as if Homer not only chronicled the siege of Troy, but conducted the siege as well. As if Shakespeare set his play writing aside to lead the English against the Armada.

—Cuomo, Mario Matthew

Wordsworth says somewhere that wherever Virgil seems to have composed 'with his eye on the object', Dryden fails to render him. Homer invariably composes 'with his eye onthe object', whether the object be moral or a material one: Pope composes with his eye on his style, into which he translates his object, whatever it is.

—Arnold, Matthew

Home'  re. Ce¤  le'  bre par sa fa c° on de rire: rire home¤  rique. N'a jamais existe¤  . Homer. Famous for his laugh.'Homeric laughter'. Never existed.

—Flaubert, Gustave

As learned commentators view In Homer than Homer knew.

—Swift,Jonathan

Mr Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

—Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer

Though I've never read a line of Homer I believe the Greekof today is essentially unchanged.If anything he is more Greek than he ever was.

—Miller, Henry Valentine

Shakespeare was the Homer, or father of our dramatic poets;Jonson was theVirgil, the pattern of elaborate writing; I admire him, but I love Shakespeare.

—Dryden,John

Virgil and Horace [were] the severest writers of the severest age.

—Dryden,John

Indignor quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus. I am vexed when the worthy Homer nods.

—Horace full name  Quintus Horatius Flaccus   65