homer

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a base hit on which the batter scores a run
noun ancient Greek epic poet who is believed to have written the Iliad and the Odyssey (circa 850 BC)
noun an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

From Hebrew חומר / חֹמֶר (khómer, “clay, heap, large unit of volume”).

(31): From Homer, Odyssey ix. — Meditations, Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
“What saith Homer of good Penelope? — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
A catalogue that would weary Homer. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo

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