Which word in this excerpt from Homer's Odyssey means the same as "to cause" or "to impose" something?
If no man hurt thee, but the hand divine
(Inflict) disease, it fits thee to (resign):
To Jove or to thy father Neptune pray.'
The (brethren) cried, and instant (strode) away.
Joy touch'd my secret soul and conscious heart,
Pleased with the effect of conduct and of art.
Meantime the Cyclop, raging with his wound,
Spreads his wide arms, and searches round and round:

Question

Which word in this excerpt from Homer's Odyssey means the same as "to cause" or "to impose" something?
If no man hurt thee, but the hand divine
(Inflict) disease, it fits thee to (resign):
To Jove or to thy father Neptune pray.'
The (brethren) cried, and instant (strode) away.
Joy touch'd my secret soul and conscious heart,
Pleased with the effect of conduct and of art.
Meantime the Cyclop, raging with his wound,
Spreads his wide arms, and searches round and round:

anonymous · Answer

the words are in parenthesis