All 7 Uses
ire
in
The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary
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- As one who hears
Of some great wrong he hath sustain'd, whereat
Inly he pines; so Phlegyas inly pin'd
In his fierce ire.†Canto 1.1-11ire = anger - With ireful gestures, "Who is this,"
They cried, "that without death first felt, goes through
The regions of the dead?"†Canto 1.1-11 * - If Jove
Weary his workman out, from whom in ire
He snatch'd the lightnings, that at my last day
Transfix'd me, if the rest be weary out
At their black smithy labouring by turns
In Mongibello, while he cries aloud;
"Help, help, good Mulciber!" as erst he cried
In the Phlegraean warfare, and the bolts
Launch he full aim'd at me with all his might,
He never should enjoy a sweet revenge."†Canto 1.12-22ire = anger - wherefore has intemperate ire
Driv'n thee to loath thy being?†Canto 2.12-22 - —While daylight lasts,
So long what thou didst hear of her, sole spouse
Of the Great Spirit, and on which thou turn'dst
To me for comment, is the general theme
Of all our prayers: but when it darkens, then
A different strain we utter, then record
Pygmalion, whom his gluttonous thirst of gold
Made traitor, robber, parricide: the woes
Of Midas, which his greedy wish ensued,
Mark'd for derision to all future times:
And the fond Achan, how he stole the prey,
That yet he seems by Joshua's ire pursued.†Canto 2.12-22 - And were it not that I with heedful care
Noted where thou exclaim'st as if in ire
With human nature, 'Why, thou cursed thirst
Of gold!†Canto 2.12-22 - As Daniel, when the haughty king he freed
From ire, that spurr'd him on to deeds unjust
And violent; so look'd Beatrice then.†Canto 3.1-11
Definitions:
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(1)
(ire) anger
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)