All 34 Uses of
prudent
in
The Odyssey, by Homer - (translated by: Cowper)
- She heard astonish'd; and the prudent speech Reposing of her son deep in her heart, Again with her attendant maidens sought Her upper chamber.†
Book 1 *
- Then prudent thus Telemachus replied.†
Book 1
- Ardent to begin, He sat not long, but, moving to the midst, Received the sceptre from Pisenor's hand, His prudent herald, and addressing, next, The hoary Chief AEgyptius, thus began.†
Book 2
- Him prudent, then, answer'd Telemachus.†
Book 2
- Amazement universal, at that sight, 210 Seized the assembly, and with anxious thought Each scann'd the future; amidst whom arose The Hero Halitherses, antient Seer, Offspring of Mastor; for in judgment he Of portents augural, and in forecast Unerring, his coevals all excell'd, And prudent thus the multitude bespake.†
Book 2
- Whom, prudent, thus answer'd Telemachus.†
Book 2
- But after Priam's lofty city sack'd, And the departure of the Greeks on board Their barks, and when the Gods had scatter'd them, Then Jove imagin'd for the Argive host A sorrowful return; for neither just Were all, nor prudent, therefore many found A fate disast'rous through the vengeful ire Of Jove-born Pallas, who between the sons Of Atreus sharp contention interposed.†
Book 3
- Then, prudent, him answer'd Telemachus.†
Book 3
- Him, prudent, then answer'd Telemachus.†
Book 4
- Then Medon answer'd thus, prudent, return'd.†
Book 4
- Soon as those words Alcinoues heard, the King, Upraising by his hand the prudent Chief Ulysses from the hearth, he made him sit, 210 On a bright throne, displacing for his sake Laodamas his son, the virtuous youth Who sat beside him, and whom most he lov'd.†
Book 7
- 90 So saying, he sent me from his palace forth, Groaning profound; thence, therefore, o'er the Deep We still proceeded sorrowful, our force Exhausting ceaseless at the toilsome oar, And, through our own imprudence, hopeless now Of other furth'rance to our native isle.†
Book 10imprudence = the quality of lacking good sense and cautionstandard prefix: The prefix "im-" in imprudence means not and reverses the meaning of prudence. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "M" or "P" as seen in words like immoral, immature, and impossible.
- Your prudent Queen, my friends, speaks not beside Her proper scope, but as beseems her well.†
Book 11
- No cloak have I; some evil daemon, sure, Beguil'd me of all prudence, that I came Thus sparely clad; I shall, I must expire.†
Book 14prudence = good sense and caution
- Thou canst no longer prudently remain A wand'rer here, Telemachus!†
Book 15prudently = with good sense and caution
- what haste soe'er we feel, We can by no means prudently attempt To drive by night, and soon it will be dawn.†
Book 15
- But I will name to thee another Chief Whom thou may'st seek, Eurymachus, the son Renown'd of prudent Polybus, whom all The people here reverence as a God.†
Book 15
- For end of this our task, while he survives, None shall be found, such prudence he displays And wisdom, neither are the people now 440 Unanimous our friends as heretofore.†
Book 16prudence = good sense and caution
- readily I can relate Truth, and truth only, to the prudent Queen Icarius' daughter; for of him I know Much, and have suff'red sorrows like his own.†
Book 17
- Him answer'd then prudent Penelope.†
Book 19
- Then, prudent, thus Penelope began.†
Book 19
- Thy patience then fail'd not, till prudence found Deliv'rance for thee on the brink of fate.†
Book 20prudence = good sense and caution
- for, prudent though she be, My mother, inattentive oft, the worse 160 Treats kindly, and the better sends away.†
Book 20
- Icarius' prudent daughter!†
Book 21
- 410 Her answer'd then prudent Telemachus.†
Book 21
- She heard astonish'd, and the prudent speech Reposing of her son deep in her heart, Withdrew; then mounting with her female train To her superior chamber, there she wept Her lost Ulysses, till Minerva bathed With balmy dews of sleep her weary lids.†
Book 21
- Meantime Ulysses search'd his hall, in quest Of living foes, if any still survived Unpunish'd; but he found them all alike Welt'ring in dust and blood; num'rous they lay Like fishes when they strew the sinuous shore Of Ocean, from the grey gulph drawn aground In nets of many a mesh; they on the sands 450 Lie spread, athirst for the salt wave, till hot The gazing sun dries all their life away; So lay the suitors heap'd, and thus at length The prudent Chief gave order to his son.†
Book 22
- Telemachus well knew his sire arrived, But prudently conceal'd the tidings, so To insure the more the suitors' punishment.†
Book 23prudently = with good sense and caution
- Him, prudent, then answer'd Telemachus.†
Book 23
- 200 Him answer'd then prudent Penelope.†
Book 23
- Him answer'd then prudent Penelope.†
Book 23
- But say, and truly; knows the prudent Queen Already thy return, or shall we send Ourselves an herald with the joyful news?†
Book 24
- Then, Medon and the sacred bard whom sleep Had lately left, arriving from the house Of Laertiades, approach'd; amid The throng they stood; all wonder'd seeing them, And Medon, prudent senior, thus began.†
Book 24
- He said; then terrour wan seiz'd ev'ry cheek, And Halitherses, Hero old, the son Of Mastor, who alone among them all Knew past, and future, prudent, thus began.†
Book 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(prudent) sensible and careful
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Prudence is also a female name.