All 6 Uses
tact
in
The Odyssey
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- With that
Pisistratus placed in her hand the cup of mellow wine
and Pallas rejoiced at the prince's sense of tact
in giving the golden winecup first to her.†p. 109.2tact = the ability or act of saying or handling things in such a way that others feel good about them - Telemachus,
summoning up his newfound tact, replied,
"Please, Menelaus, don't keep me quite so long.†p. 143.4 - I begged her for help
and not once did her sense of tact desert her;
she behaved as you'd never hope to find
in one so young, not in a random meeting—
time and again the youngsters prove so flighty.†p. 188.9 * - Tactful Odysseus answered him in kind:
"And a warm farewell to you, too, my friend.†p. 204.7tactful = to say or handle things in a way that makes others feel good about them - Odysseus, deft and tactful, echoed back,
"Alcinous, majesty, shining among your island people,
if you would urge me now to stay here one whole year
then speed me home weighed down with lordly gifts,
I'd gladly have it so.†p. 261.1 - And tactful Telemachus replied at once,
"Surely, my royal host, we'll tell him all,
as soon as we reach old Nestor—all you say.†p. 324.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(tact) the ability or act of saying or handling things in such a way that others feel good about them
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)