All 11 Uses of
divine
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
- Then Telemachus spoke, "Shameless," he cried, "and insolent suitors, let us feast at our pleasure now, and let there be no brawling, for it is a rare thing to hear a man with such a divine voice as Phemius has; but in the morning meet me in full assembly that I may give you formal notice to depart, and feast at one another's houses, turn and turn about, at your own cost.†
Book 1 (definition 1)
- Minerva endowed him with a presence of such divine comeliness that all marvelled at him as he went by, and when he took his place in his father's seat even the oldest councillors made way for him.†
Book 2 (definition 1)
- "I will tell you truly," answered Nestor, "and indeed you have yourself divined how it all happened.†
Book 3 (definition 2)
- Then Pisistratus said, "Menelaus, son of Atreus, you are right in thinking that this young man is Telemachus, but he is very modest, and is ashamed to come here and begin opening up discourse with one whose conversation is so divinely interesting as your own.†
Book 4 (definition 1)
- "Then," said Penelope, "if you are a god or have been sent here by divine commission, tell me also about that other unhappy one—is he still alive, or is he already dead and in the house of Hades?"†
Book 4 (definition 1)
- She lives by herself far from all neighbours human or divine.†
Book 7 (definition 1)
- A servant presently led in the famous bard Demodocus, whom the muse had dearly loved, but to whom she had given both good and evil, for though she had endowed him with a divine gift of song, she had robbed him of his eyesight.†
Book 8 (definition 1) *
- And Ulysses answered, "King Alcinous, it is a good thing to hear a bard with such a divine voice as this man has.†
Book 9 (definition 1)
- The evenings are still at their longest, and it is not yet bed time—go on, therefore, with your divine story, for I could stay here listening till tomorrow morning, so long as you will continue to tell us of your adventures.†
Book 11 (definition 1)
- Minerva endowed him with a presence of such divine comeliness that all marvelled at him as he went by, and the suitors gathered round him with fair words in their mouths and malice in their hearts; but he avoided them, and went to sit with Mentor, Antiphus, and Halitherses, old friends of his father's house, and they made him tell them all that had happened to him.†
Book 17 (definition 1)
- Telemachus does not understand these things; listen therefore to me, for I can divine them surely, and will hide nothing from you.... I saw an omen when I was on the ship which meant...
Book 17 (definition 2) *divine = to discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)
Definitions:
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(1) (divine as in: to forgive is divine) wonderful; or god-like or coming from God
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(2) (divine as in: divined from tea leaves) to predict or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)