LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

homēromastīges

homēromastīges m pl or f pl (genitive homēromastīgum)
Classical[hɔ.meː.rɔ.masˈtiː.ɡɛs]Ecclesiastical[o.me.ro.masˈtiː.d͡ʒes]

Meaning

  1. in pluralliterarymetonymicallycensorious critics
    ego plānē meīs adicī posse multa cōnfiteor, nec hīs solīs, sed et omnibus quōs ēdidī, ut obiter caveam istōs homēromastīgas (ita enim vērius dīxerim), […]23 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Natural History Pr.28.3

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—homēromastīges
genitive—homēromastīgum
dative—homēromastīgibus
accusative—homēromastīgas
ablative—homēromastīgibus
vocative—homēromastīges

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁμηρομᾰ́στῑγες (homēromắstīges), from Ὁμηρομᾰ́στῑξ (Homēromắstīx, Ὅμηρος (Hómēros, “Homer”) + μᾰ́στῑξ (mắstīx, “scourge”), literally “Homer's scourge”, whence Latin Homēromastīx), an epithet given to Zoilus, a Thracian grammarian who was a censorious critic of Homer.

Quick answers

What does homēromastīges mean in Latin?
homēromastīges, a noun, means “censorious critics”.
What is the genitive of homēromastīges?
The genitive singular is homēromastīgum. homēromastīges is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce homēromastīges?
In classical Latin, [hɔ.meː.rɔ.masˈtiː.ɡɛs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [o.me.ro.masˈtiː.d͡ʒes].