All 3 Uses of
inter
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- The time of twelve days is employed in this book, while the body of Hector lies in the tent of Achilles; and as many more are spent in the truce allowed for his interment.†
Book 24 *
- give the troops relief: Permit the mourning legions to retire, And let the chiefs alone attend the pyre; The pious care be ours, the dead to burn—" He said: the people to their ships return: While those deputed to inter the slain Heap with a rising pyramid the plain.†
Book 23
- Should such report thy honour'd person here, The king of men the ransom might defer; But say with speed, if aught of thy desire Remains unask'd; what time the rites require To inter thy Hector?†
Book 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(inter as in: inter at the cemetery) burying a dead body
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(2)
(inter as in: inter-city) a hyphenated prefix indicating a relationship between different things
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, inter represents into in a non-standard dialect.