Both Uses of
conjecture
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- We may conjecture that some contest between peoples of more or less kindred stocks, who occupied the isles and the eastern and western shores of the Aegean, left a strong impression on the popular fancy.†
Book Intr. *
- * Accepting the conjecture [Greek] = [Greek] for the MSS†
Book 18
Definition:
a conclusion or opinion based on inconclusive evidence; or the act of forming of such a conclusion or opinion
A conjecture can be widely believed, but the word is also frequently used to imply that evidence is insufficient to support a belief.