Homeromastix

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὁμηρομᾰ́στῑξ (Homēromắstīx, Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “Homer”) +‎ μᾰ́στῑξ (mắstīx, “scourge”), literally “Homer's scourge”). Compare homēromastīges. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔ.meː.rɔˈmas.tiːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.me.roˈmas.tiks] === Proper noun === Homēromastīx m sg (genitive Homēromastīgis or Homēromastīgos); third declension an epithet of Zoilus: a Thracian grammarian who was a censorious critic of Homer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only. ==== Related terms ==== === References === “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.