All 6 Uses of
convey
in
The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald
- It may be, even, far beyond Euboia--called most remote by seamen of our isle who landed there, conveying Rhadamanthos when he sought Tityos, the son of Gaia.
Chpt 7 *conveying = transporting
- Now he appeals to me for conveyance home.
Chpt 8conveyance = transport
- There is, however, something I once heard Nausithoos, my father, say: Poseidon holds it against us that our deep sea ships are sure conveyance for all passengers.
Chpt 8
- So three sheep could convey each man.
Chpt 9
- If we gave safe conveyance to all passengers we should incur Poseidon's wrath, he said, whereby one day a fair ship, manned by Phaiakians, would come to grief at the god's hands; and great mountains would hide our city from the sea.
Chpt 13
- He conveyed me there.
Chpt 17conveyed = transported
Definitions:
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(1)
(convey as in: convey her thoughts) communicate or express
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(2)
(convey as in: convey title to the property) to give or transfer -- especially legal title
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(3)
(convey as in: convey her safely to) transportToday, this sense of convey is seldom seen outside of historic literature.