All 5 Uses of
renounce
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- A handmaid goddess at his side to wait, Renounce the glories of thy heavenly state, Be fix'd for ever to the Trojan shore, His spouse, or slave; and mount the skies no more.†
Book 3 *renounce = formally reject, give up, or turn away from
- Taught by this stroke renounce the war's alarms, And learn to tremble at the name of arms.†
Book 5
- till Tydeus' warlike son Roll'd on the king his eyes, and thus begun: "When kings advise us to renounce our fame, First let him speak who first has suffer'd shame.†
Book 9
- Since battle is renounced, thy thoughts employ What other methods may preserve thy Troy: 'Tis time to try if Ilion's state can stand By thee alone, nor ask a foreign hand: Mean, empty boast!†
Book 17renounced = formally rejected, gave up, or turned away from
- But go, Achilles, as affairs require, Before the Grecian peers renounce thine ire: Then uncontroll'd in boundless war engage, And heaven with strength supply the mighty rage!†
Book 19renounce = formally reject, give up, or turn away from
Definition:
to formally reject, give up, or turn away from
(as in to give up the power of a monarch, to change belief, behavior, support, or association)
(as in to give up the power of a monarch, to change belief, behavior, support, or association)