Homeric
[hoh-mer-ik] /hoʊˈmɛr ɪk/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or suggestive of or his poetry.
2.
of heroic dimensions; grand; imposing:
Homeric feats of exploration.
/həʊˈmɛrɪk/
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or resembling Homer or his poems
2.
imposing or heroic
3.
of or relating to the archaic form of Greek used by Homer See epic
adj.
1771, from Homer + -ic. Homerical is from 1670s. Cf. Latin Homericus, Greek Homerikos.
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