Both Uses of
privy
in
The Iliad by Homer (translated by: Lang, Leaf, & Myers)
- And they that dwelt in Aspledon and Orchomenos of the Minyai were led of Askalaphos and Ialmenos, sons of Ares, whom Astyoche conceived of the mighty god in the palace of Aktor son of Azeus, having entered her upper chamber, a stately maiden; for mighty Ares lay with her privily.†
Book 2 *
- But Meriones following after him as he departed, smote him with a spear between the privy parts and the navel, where a wound is most baneful to wretched mortals.†
Book 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(privy as in: privy to her real identity) informed about something secret or not generally known
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, privy can refer to a hidden place, outhouse, or toilet.