| 释义 |
Homerite|ˈhəʊməraɪt|
[a. Gr. Ὁµηρῖται pl.]
= Himyarite.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 665 This Hellisthæus had warred against the Homerites for quarrell of Religion. 1708Ockley Saracens (1848) 136 Homerites, a warlike tribe of the Arabs. 1842Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 143 The dialect of the Hhimyarite Arabs, the Homerites of the Greeks.
Hence Homeˈritic a., Himyaritic.
1801J. Hager Babylon, Inscr. 18 The Homeritic alphabet, the oldest which the Arabians possessed. |