Iliad
Meanings
name
- An Ancient Greek epic poem, ascribed to Homer, which depicts events near the end of the Trojan War.
noun
- A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the above-mentioned Homeric text.
- Any long tragic story.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin Iliadis, genitive of Ilias, from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás), the poem about Ἴλιον (Ílion, an alternative name for Troy). By surface analysis, Ili- + -ad.
Related words
Derived words
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.