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even Jove nods

even Jove nods is the alternative form of even Homer nods.

Meaning of even Homer nods

Proverb

even Homer nods

  1. Even the most vigilant and expert are fallible.
    • Horace acknowledges that honeſt Homer nods ſometimes: He is not equally awake in every Line: […]1677, John Dryden, “The Authors Apology for Heroique Poetry; and Poetique Licence”, in The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. Written in Heroique Verse, and Dedicated to Her Royal...

Origin of even Jove nods

Alteration of even Homer nods, substituting Jove, a seemingly even more infallible agent.

Questions about even Jove nods

What is even Jove nods the alternative form of?
Even Jove nods is the alternative form of even Homer nods.

Words near even Jove nods in the dictionary

  1. even hands on the tiller
  2. even hands on the tillers
  3. even Homer nods
  4. even if
  5. even if one's life depended on it
  6. even Jove nods
  7. even keel
  8. even keels
  9. even money
  10. even number
  11. even numbers

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