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Homeromastix

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὁμηρομάστῑξ (Homēromástīx).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Homēromastīx m sg (genitive Homēromastīgis); third declension

  1. 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

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Homēromastīx
genitive Homēromastīgis
dative Homēromastīgī
accusative Homēromastīgem
Homēromastīga
ablative Homēromastīge
vocative Homēromastīx

Noun

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Homēromastīx m (genitive Homēromastīgis); third declension

  1. 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

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Third-declension noun.

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