All 8 Uses
equitable
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Butler)
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- the questions that have arisen round the "Iliad" since Wolf's time, without keeping it well before his reader's mind that the "Odyssey" was demonstrably written from one single neighbourhood, and hence (even though nothing else pointed to this conclusion) presumably by one person only—that it was written certainly before 750, and in all probability before 1000 B.C.—that the writer of this very early poem was demonstrably familiar with the "Iliad" as we now have it, borrowing as freely from those books whose genuineness has been most impugned, as from those which are admitted to be by Homer—any one who fails to keep these points before his readers, is hardly dealing equitably by them.†
Book Pref.equitably = in a just or fair manner
- He, then, plainly and in all honesty addressed them thus: "Hear me, men of Ithaca, I hope that you may never have a kind and well-disposed ruler any more, nor one who will govern you equitably; I hope that all your chiefs henceforward may be cruel and unjust, for there is not one of you but has forgotten Ulysses, who ruled you as though he were your father.†
Book 2
- "Father Jove," said she, "and all you other gods that live in everlasting bliss, I hope there may never be such a thing as a kind and well-disposed ruler any more, nor one who will govern equitably.†
Book 5
- We took their wives and also much booty, which we divided equitably amongst us, so that none might have reason to complain.†
Book 9 *
- We ran our vessel upon the sands and got out of her on to the sea shore; we also landed the Cyclops' sheep, and divided them equitably amongst us so that none might have reason to complain.†
Book 9
- The swineherd, who was a most equitable man, then stood up to give every one his share.†
Book 14equitable = fair
- I find little authority for such a translation; the most equitable translation of the text as it stands is, "Ithaca is an island fit for breeding goats, and delectable rather than fit for breeding horses; for not one of the islands is good driving ground, nor well meadowed."†
Book Foot
- The most equitable translation, therefore, of the present text being thus halt and impotent, we may suspect corruption, and I hazard the following emendation, though I have not adopted it in my translation, as fearing that it would be deemed too fanciful.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(equitable) fair and impartial"Equitable" often comes up in political discussions, and people can understand it in different ways—some take it to mean everyone gets the same chances (equal opportunity), while others think it means everyone ends up with the same results (equal outcome). This difference often causes confusion in debates about fairness.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)