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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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(á½Î¼Î·Ïος) Greek name derived from the word homeros, HOMEROS means "hostage."
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From Briseis, the woman Achilles loved in Homer's Iliad.
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Abbreviation of Cassandra. Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of...
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From Briseis, the woman Achilles loved in Homer's Iliad.
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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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Unheeded prophetess. Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of King Priam. In Homer's 'The...
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Given as hostage; promised. Homer was credited with writing the epic Greek poems the Iliad and...
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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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Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of the fall of Troy was unheeded.
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Greek name Odysseus. Ulysses was the clever and resourceful mythological hero of Homer's epic The...
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Abbreviation of Cassandra. Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of...
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Unheeded prophetess. Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of King Priam. In Homer's 'The...
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Abbreviation of Cassandra. Unheeded prophetess. In Homer's 'The Iliad' Cassandra's prediction of...
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Bobbin. Penelope was the faithful wife of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
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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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From Briseis, the woman Achilles loved in Homer's Iliad.
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Security. Helmet maker. Pool in a hollow. Famous Bearer: Homer, the Greek poet who authored...
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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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The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver.
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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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relating to, or resembling, Nestor, the aged warior and counselor mentioned by Homer; hence, wise; experienced; aged; as, Nestorian caution.
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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 carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
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Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.
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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 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 dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.
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A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.
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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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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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See Hoemother.
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A Hebrew measure of capacity; a 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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The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
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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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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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A Hebrew measure. See Homer.