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Unheeded prophetess. Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of King Priam. In Homer's 'The...
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English (West Midlands) : occupational name for a maker of helmets, from the adopted Old French term he(a)umier, from he(a)ume ‘helmet’, of Germanic origin. Compare Helm 2.English : variant of Holmer.Americanized form of the Greek family name Homiros or one of its patronymic derivatives (Homirou, Homiridis, etc.). This was not only the name of the ancient Greek epic poet (classical Greek Homēros), but was also borne by a martyr venerated in the Greek Orthodox Church.Slovenian : topographic name for someone who lived on a hill, from hom (dialect form of holm ‘hill’, ‘height’) + the German suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.The American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910) was of old New England stock dating back to Captain John Homer, an Englishman who crossed the Atlantic in his own ship and settled in Boston about 1636.
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Security.
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Abbreviation of Cassandra. Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of...
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Abbreviation of Cassandra. Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of...
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Security. Helmet maker. Pool in a hollow. Famous Bearer: Homer, the Greek poet who authored...
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(á½Î¼Î·Ïος) Greek name derived from the word homeros, HOMEROS means "hostage."
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Security.
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Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of the fall of Troy was unheeded.
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Given as hostage; promised. Homer was credited with writing the epic Greek poems the Iliad and...
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From Briseis, the woman Achilles loved in Homer's Iliad.
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Bobbin. Penelope was the faithful wife of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
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Unheeded prophetess. Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of King Priam. In Homer's 'The...
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Greek name Odysseus. Ulysses was the clever and resourceful mythological hero of Homer's epic The...
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(á½Î¼Î·Ï) Short form of Greek Homeros, HOMER means "hostage." This was the name of a famous Greek poet.
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Abbreviation of Cassandra. Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of...
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English : from northern Middle English Spragge, either a personal name or a byname meaning ‘lively’, a metathesized and voiced form of Spark 1.William Sprague came from England to Salem, MA, in 1628 with his brothers Ralph and Richard. He was one of the founders of Charlestown, MA, and later of Hingham, MA. His descendants include Peleg Sprague, a jurist and MA legislator, who was born in 1793 in Duxbury, MA; William Sprague a textile manufacturer born in 1773 in Cranston, RI; and Yale College educator Homer Baxter Sprague, who was born in 1829 in South Sutton, MA, and whose legacy lives on in Yale’s Sprague concert hall.
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From Briseis, the woman Achilles loved in Homer's Iliad.
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Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of the fall of Troy was unheeded.
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From Briseis, the woman Achilles loved in Homer's Iliad.
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Insight
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American, Australian, Basque, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Irish, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Swiss
Named for Saint Denys; Follower of Dionysus; Mountain of Zeus; Brown Warrior
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King of the universe, Lord of the world or the creation, The Lord provider of the world
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Wagon Maker
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Name from Legends
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True.
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Great.
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Shining like fire/gold
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Famous, Eminent, Renowned
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From the Cornered Hill; Hill Near Meadows; Triangular Hill
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A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe.
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A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
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A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts.
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To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
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A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.
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An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy.
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See Hoemother.
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A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
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An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious service; as, the Homeric hymns; Watts' hymns.
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A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.
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relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.
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A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.
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The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
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A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
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A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer.
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A Hebrew measure. See Homer.
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Of or pertaining to the Phaeacians, a fabulous seafaring people fond of the feast, the lyre, and the dance, mentioned by Homer.
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A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.
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Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.
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The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.