All 3 Uses of
remiss
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
- But whom remiss and shrinking from the war He found, with keen rebuke lie thus assail'd; "Ye wretched Greeks, your country's foul reproach, Have ye no sense of shame?†
Chpt 1.4 *
- Dear friends, from this remissness must accrue Yet greater evils; but with gen'rous shame And keen remorse let each man's breast be fill'd; Fierce is the struggle; in his pride of strength Hector has forc'd the gates and massive bars, And raging, 'mid the ships maintains the war."†
Chpt 2.13
- He said, and vanish'd 'mid the tribes of men: But fir'd with keener zeal to aid the Greeks, Neptune sprang forth in front, and call'd aloud: "Again, ye Greeks, shall our remissness yield The victory to Hector, Priam's son, To seize our ships, and endless glory gain?†
Chpt 2.14
Definition:
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(remiss) careless -- especially with regard to a duty