All 3 Uses of
convivial
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Cowper)
- Seek thou then again Thy own apartment, spindle ply and loom, And task thy maidens; management belongs 450 To men of joys convivial, and of men Especially to me, chief ruler here.†
Book 1 *
- [3] +Eranos+, a convivial meeting, at which every man paid his proportion, at least contributed something; but it seems to have been a meeting at which strict sobriety was observed, else Pallas would not have inferred from the noise and riot of this, that it was not such a one.†
Book 1
- 500 Such was my dreadful death; carnage ensued Continual of my friends slain all around, Num'rous as boars bright-tusk'd at nuptial feast, Or feast convivial of some wealthy Chief.†
Book 11
Definition:
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(convivial) friendly and fun -- especially (when of a person) fond of the pleasures of good company