All 6 Uses of
spurn
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- Deprived of thee, the heartless Greeks no more Shall dream of conquests on the hostile shore; Troy seized of Helen, and our glory lost, Thy bones shall moulder on a foreign coast; While some proud Trojan thus insulting cries, (And spurns the dust where Menelaus lies,) 'Such are the trophies Greece from Ilion brings, And such the conquest of her king of kings!†
Book 4spurns = rejects as not good enough
- His flank, unguarded by his ample shield, Admits the lance: he falls, and spurns the field; The nerves, unbraced, support his limbs no more; The soul comes floating in a tide of gore.†
Book 4 *
- His opening hand in death forsakes the rein; The steeds fly back: he falls, and spurns the plain.†
Book 8
- And fierce Atrides spurn'd him as he bled, Tore off his arms, and, loud-exulting, said: "Thus, Trojans, thus, at length be taught to fear; O race perfidious, who delight in war!†
Book 13spurn'd = rejected as not good enough
- Hurl'd from the lofty seat, at distance far, The headlong coursers spurn his empty car; Till sad Polydamas the steeds restrain'd, And gave, Astynous, to thy careful hand; Then, fired to vengeance, rush'd amidst the foe: Rage edged his sword, and strengthen'd every blow.†
Book 15
- But when the fates, in fulness of their rage, Spurn the hoar head of unresisting age, In dust the reverend lineaments deform, And pour to dogs the life-blood scarcely warm: This, this is misery!†
Book 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(spurn) reject as not good enough
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, and archaically, spurn can mean to strike or kick.