All 4 Uses of
presage
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- The wondering rivals gaze, with cares oppress'd, And chilling horrors freeze in every breast, Till big with knowledge of approaching woes, The prince of augurs, Halitherses, rose: Prescient he view'd the aerial tracks, and drew A sure presage from every wing that flew.†
Book 2
- Presaging tears apace began to rain; But tears in mortal miseries are vain.†
Book 10 *
- But my prophetic fears, alas! presage The wounds of Destiny's relentless rage.†
Book 19
- This omen eyed Amphinomus, who thus presaging cried: "The gods from force and fraud the prince defend; O peers! the sanguinary scheme suspend: Your future thought let sable fate employ; And give the present hour to genial joy."†
Book 20
Definition:
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(presage) serve as a sign of something about to happen -- typically something bad