Homeromastix
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὁμηρομάστῑξ (Homēromástīx).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ho.meː.roˈmas.tiːks/, [hɔmeːrɔˈmäs̠t̪iːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o.me.roˈmas.tiks/, [omeroˈmäst̪iks]
Proper noun
[edit]Homēromastīx m sg (genitive Homēromastīgis); third declension
- An epithet of Zoilus, an Ancient Greek grammarian who was a censorious critic of Homer.
- c. 80 BCE – 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De arquitectura 7.8.2:
- Īnsequentibus annīs ā Macedoniā Zōilus, quī adoptāvit cognōmen, ut Homēromastīx vocitārētur, […]
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Homēromastīx |
genitive | Homēromastīgis |
dative | Homēromastīgī |
accusative | Homēromastīgem Homēromastīga |
ablative | Homēromastīge |
vocative | Homēromastīx |
Noun
[edit]Homēromastīx m (genitive Homēromastīgis); third declension
- any censorious critic.
- 23 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Natural History Pr.28.3:
- Ego plānē meīs adicī posse multa cōnfiteor, nec hīs solīs, sed et omnibus quōs ēdidī, ut obiter caveam istōs Homēromastīgas (ita enim vērius dīxerim), […]
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Homēromastīx | Homēromastīgēs |
genitive | Homēromastīgis | Homēromastīgum |
dative | Homēromastīgī | Homēromastīgibus |
accusative | Homēromastīgem Homēromastīga |
Homēromastīgēs Homēromastīgas |
ablative | Homēromastīge | Homēromastīgibus |
vocative | Homēromastīx | Homēromastīgēs |
References
[edit]- “Hŏmērŏmastix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hŏmērŏmastīx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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