Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Homeric \Ho*mer"ic\, a. [L. Homericus, Gr. "Omhriko`s.]
   Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets;
   resembling the poetry of Homer.

   {Homeric verse}, hexameter verse; -- so called because used
      by Homer in his epics.