Homerus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὅμηρος (Hómēros).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɔˈmeː.rʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈmɛː.rus]

Proper noun

Homērus m sg (genitive Homērī); second declension

Homer, the Greek poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Homērus
genitive	Homērī
dative	Homērō
accusative	Homērum
ablative	Homērō
vocative	Homēre

Derived terms

homēriācus
homēricus
homērista
homērius
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.