Word Meanings - ILIAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.

Related words: (words related to ILIAD)

• ASCRIBE
  1. To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author. The finest that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem. Addison. 2. To
• CELEBRATE
  1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
• BOOKSELLING
  The employment of selling books.
• GREEK CALENDS; GREEK KALENDS
  A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.
• GREEKLING
  A little Greek, or one of small esteem or pretensions. B. Jonson.
• BOOKSTAND
  1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall. 2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference.
• GREEKISH
  Peculiar to Greece.
• CELEBRATION
  The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.
• BOOKSHOP
  A bookseller's shop.
• ILIUM
  The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone.
• ILIAD
  A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer.
• DESTRUCTIONIST
  One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley. (more info) 1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy
• TWENTY
  twintich, OS. tw, D. & LG. twintig, OHG. zweinzug, G. zwanzig, Goth. 1. One more that nineteen; twice; as, twenty men. 2. An indefinite number more or less that twenty. Shak. Maximilian, upon twenty respects, could not have been the man. Bacon.
• BOOKSHELF
  A shelf to hold books.
• HOMER
  A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
• ANCIENTNESS
  The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.
• ANCIENTLY
  1. In ancient times. 2. In an ancient manner.
• CELEBRATED
  Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay. Syn. -- Distinguished; famous; noted; famed; renowned; illustrious. See Distinguished.
• BOOKSELLER
  One who sells books.
• ASCRIBABLE
  Capable of being ascribed; attributable.
• FATHOMER
  One who fathoms.
• FENUGREEK
  A plant cultivated for its strong- smelling seeds, which are "now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants,
• NEO-GREEK
  A member of a body of French painters of the middle 19th century. The term is rather one applied by outsiders to certain artists of grave and refined style, such as Hamon and Aubert, than a name adopted by the artists themselves.
• SELF-DESTRUCTION
  The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide. Milton.
• RECELEBRATE
  To celebrate again, or anew. -- Re*cel`e*bra"tion, n.
• MISASCRIBE
  To ascribe wrongly.