chorizont
chorizont noun: one who challenges a widely held assumption of authorship for a major work, especially one who believes that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not written by Homer.
Noun
chorizont (plural chorizonts)
- One who challenges a widely held assumption of authorship for a major work, especially one who believes that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not written by Homer.
- This passage was used by van Leeuwen as evidence in his argument for different authorship of the Odyssey. Since this argument is given much weight by the chorizont Wilhelm Schmid, let us quote it in full:1938, Samuel Eliot Bassett, The Poetry of Homer - Volume 15, page 137
- It is strange that in a matter of such vital importance we should have to say “ seems ”; but it is a fact that we have carefully searched 'Homer and the Epic,' and yet failed to make out whether Mr. Lang is a chorizont or no.1893, The Athenæum, page 465
- Synonyms:
- chorizontist
Synonyms of chorizont
Forms of chorizont
| plural | chorizonts |
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Origin of chorizont
From Ancient Greek χωρίζων (khōrízōn), present participle of χωρίζω (khōrízō, “to separate”).
Questions about chorizont
- What does chorizont mean?
- Chorizont means one who challenges a widely held assumption of authorship for a major work, especially one who believes that the Iliad and the Odyssey were not written by Homer.
- What part of speech is chorizont?
- Chorizont is a noun.
- What is the plural of chorizont?
- The plural of chorizont is chorizonts.
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