All 6 Uses of
wanton
in
The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald
- This boy must be the son of Odysseus, Telemakhos, the child he left at home that year the Akhaian host made war on Troy- daring all for the wanton that I was.†
Chpt 4
- And yet the chain that bagged them holds them down till Father sends me back my wedding gifts- all that I poured out for his damned pigeon, so lovely, and so wanton.†
Chpt 8
- Let this whole company swear me a great oath: Any herd of cattle or flock of sheep here found shall go unharmed; no one shall slaughter out of wantonness ram or heifer; all shall be content with what the goddess Kirke put aboard.†
Chpt 12
- I mean this wanton game they play, these fellows, riding roughshod over you in your own house, admirable as you are.†
Chpt 16
- None of you can go wantoning on the sly and fool him now.†
Chpt 19
- -all wantonly raiding a great man's flocks, dishonoring his queen, because they thought he'd come no more.
Chpt 24 *wantonly = deliberately and in a bad way
Definition:
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(wanton) of something considered bad: excessive, thoughtless indulgence -- such as waste, cruelty, violence, and (especially in the past) sexual promiscuity