All 21 Uses
probe
in
The Odyssey
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- Ready Telemachus
took her up at once: "Well, my friend,
seeing you want to probe and press the question,
once this house was rich, no doubt, beyond reproach
when the man you mentioned still lived here, at home.†p. 85.2probe = to investigate; or an investigation; or an instrument used for investigation - Once they'd put aside desire for food and drink,
old Nestor the noble charioteer began, at last:
"Now's the time, now they've enjoyed their meal,
to probe our guests and find out who they are.†p. 109.8 - Not if you sat and probed his memory, five, six years,
delving for all the pains our brave Achaeans bore there.†p. 111.2probed = investigated - Menelaus recognized him at once but pondered
whether to let him state his father's name
or probe him first and prompt him step by step.†p. 128.3probe = to investigate; or an investigation; or an instrument used for investigation - Why probe my mind?†
p. 140.1 *
- But battle-weary Odysseus weighed two courses,
deeply torn, probing his fighting spirit: "Oh no—
I fear another immortal weaves a snare to trap me,
urging me to abandon ship!†p. 163.5probing = investigating - Still, this much I will tell you ...
seeing you probe and press me so intently.†p. 187.4probe = to investigate; or an investigation; or an instrument used for investigation - But now
you're set on probing the bitter pains I've borne,
so I'm to weep and grieve, it seems, still more.†p. 211.8probing = investigating - I
I'll go across with my own ship and crew
and probe the natives living over there.†p. 217.1probe = to investigate; or an investigation; or an instrument used for investigation - So he probed
but I cut it short: 'Atrides, why ask me that?†p. 264.6probed = investigated - But Circe, taking me by the hand, drew me away
from all my shipmates there and sat me down
and lying beside me probed me for details.†p. 272.6 - But now Poseidon, god of the earthquake, never once
forgetting the first threats he leveled at the hero,
probed almighty Zeus to learn his plans in full:
"Zeus, Father, I will lose all my honor now
among the immortals, now there are mortal men
who show me no respect—Phaeacians, too,
born of my own loins!†p. 290.7 - Oh, but not you,
it's not your pleasure to probe for news of them—
you must put your wife to the proof yourself!†p. 297.5probe = to investigate; or an investigation; or an instrument used for investigation - But once he'd supped and refreshed himself with food,
he filled the wooden bowl he'd been drinking from,
brimmed it with wine and passed it to his host
who received the offer gladly, spirit cheered
as the stranger probed him now with winging words:
"Friend, who was the man who bought you with his goods,
the master of such vast riches, powerful as you say?†p. 305.3probed = investigated - But I've no love for all that probing, prying,
not since some Aetolian fooled me with his yarn.†p. 313.7probing = investigating - You'll waste time, roaming around our holdings,
probing the fieldhands man by man, while the suitors
sit at ease in our house, devouring all our goods—
those brazen rascals never spare a scrap!†p. 348.5 - How well you knew—you heard from my own lips—
that I meant to probe this stranger in our house
and ask about my husband ...my heart breaks for him.†p. 393.6probe = to investigate; or an investigation; or an instrument used for investigation - Once they were past the courtyard and the gates
he probed them deftly, surely: "Cowherd, swineherd,
what, shall I blurt this out or keep it to myself?†p. 430.6probed = investigated - With that thought
Penelope started down from her lofty room, her heart
in turmoil, torn ...should she keep her distance,
probe her husband?†p. 458.4probe = to investigate; or an investigation; or an instrument used for investigation - Kiss and embrace his father, pour out the long tale—
how he had made the journey home to native land—
or probe him first and test him every way?†p. 475.9 - "My child," Zeus who marshals the thunderheads replied,
"why do you pry and probe me so intently?†p. 483.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(probe) to investigate closely; or a tool or device used to explore, examine, or gather information
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)