All 3 Uses of
prophesy
in
The Iliad by Homer (translated by: Lang, Leaf, & Myers)
- Evil is ever the joy of thy heart to prophesy, but never yet didst thou tell any good matter nor bring to pass.†
Book 1 *prophesy = predict
- So when the dread portent brake in upon the hecatombs of the gods, then did Kalchas forthwith prophesy, and said: 'Why hold ye your peace, ye flowing-haired Achaians?†
Book 2
- Then renowned Hector spake to him even in his death: "Patroklos, wherefore to me dolt thou prophesy sheer destruction?†
Book 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(prophesy) predict or reveal -- especially through, or as if through, divine inspiration
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus