see|Homer
English
Pronunciation
IPA: /'hÉÊmÉ/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ÉÊmÉ(r)|-ÉÊmÉ(r)
Etymology 1
From He. he-link|××ר|wv=×Ö¹×ֶר|ḥómer.
Noun
en-noun
- biblical|_|measures An ancient Hebrew measure of capacity, equal to ten ephahs or ten bath#Etymology 2|baths, and approximately equal to ten or eleven bushels.
#* 1611, w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version of the Bible, w:Book of Ezekiel|Book of Ezekiel, s:Bible (King James)/Ezekiel#Chapter 45|45:11,
#*: The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
#* 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses,
#*: Head up! For every newbegotten thou shalt gather thy homer of ripe wheat.
Etymology 2
Old Greek.
Noun
rfc|I don't know if anyone can find anything to salvage in this
homer
á½Î¼ÏÏ ` one and the same, common, joint, unite ' > Greek á½
μεÏοÏ: ÏÏ
ÏλÏÏ, Hsch.(cf. á½Î¼Î·ÏοÏ). m. ` a pledge for the maintenance of unity, a surety, a hostage ' : Old Indian sam-ará- m., sam-áraá¹a- n. `fight, struggle, contention ', av. ham-arÇna-, Old pers. ham-arana- n. ` hostile encounter, fight, struggle ', av. hamara- m. (and with th- formants hamÇrÇÏa- m.) ` adversary, rival, enemy'; Hence Homer was not a bard. The Old Persian compound meant `war (of Ilion)'. Actually the main theme of the iliad is the fury of Achilles and the maintenance of unity.
For more information see http://www.geocities.com/protoillyrian/
- defn|English
Etymology 3
From home.
Noun
en-noun
- baseball A four-base hit; a home run
#: The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.
- A homing pigeon
#: Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.
Verb
en-verb
- baseball To get a four-base hit; to get a home run
#: The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.
See also
single
double
triple
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