P. Vergili Maronis Opera: Virgil with an Introduction and NotesClarendon Press, 1892 |
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... meaning in ary temporal sense of ' forthwith . ' by a cord . there is tumult , or riot . ' protenus , prose , almost superseded by the second- duco , one of the she - goats has to be led 14 , 15. namque , unusually late in the sentence ...
... meaning in ary temporal sense of ' forthwith . ' by a cord . there is tumult , or riot . ' protenus , prose , almost superseded by the second- duco , one of the she - goats has to be led 14 , 15. namque , unusually late in the sentence ...
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... meaning ' trees ' or ' shrubs ' is frequent in Lucretius with nom . arbusta , because arbores cannot come into hexameter verse : but arboribus can , and so in the only example of arbustis in Lucr . ( v . 1378 ) the word has its proper ...
... meaning ' trees ' or ' shrubs ' is frequent in Lucretius with nom . arbusta , because arbores cannot come into hexameter verse : but arboribus can , and so in the only example of arbustis in Lucr . ( v . 1378 ) the word has its proper ...
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... meaning of the words in Linnæus , but they may have had a different meaning in ancient times . As Kenn . points out , the identification of ancient plants is in many cases a matter of conjecture . Some suppose vaccinia to have been the ...
... meaning of the words in Linnæus , but they may have had a different meaning in ancient times . As Kenn . points out , the identification of ancient plants is in many cases a matter of conjecture . Some suppose vaccinia to have been the ...
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... meaning . qui petat , consecutive subj . , ' such as butts . ' 88-91 . The general sense is , ' May the admirer of Pollio's genius reach Pollio's eminence in literature : may he , to speak allegorically , reach the Arcadian dream - land ...
... meaning . qui petat , consecutive subj . , ' such as butts . ' 88-91 . The general sense is , ' May the admirer of Pollio's genius reach Pollio's eminence in literature : may he , to speak allegorically , reach the Arcadian dream - land ...
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... meaning , he has so carefully veiled it , that there is no internal evidence of reference to Caesar , except perhaps in 1. 66 ( see note ad loc . ) . It is , however , at least probable that Virgil , attached as he was to the cause of ...
... meaning , he has so carefully veiled it , that there is no internal evidence of reference to Caesar , except perhaps in 1. 66 ( see note ad loc . ) . It is , however , at least probable that Virgil , attached as he was to the cause of ...
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accus Achilles adeo adverbial Aeneas Aeneid Anchises animi apodosis Apollo arma atque Augustus best MSS Caesar called Catull clause constr construction Cybele dative death denotes Dido earth ECLOGUE enim Ennius epithet etiam expression favour gods Greek haec heaven Helenus hendiadys hiatus Homer honour idea Iliad imitation implied infin Introd ipse Italy Juno Jupiter Juturna king Latin Lucr Lucret Lucretius meaning Mezentius mihi obliqua olim Ovid Pallas passage perhaps phrase Plaut Plautus plur poem poet poetical probably proleptic quae quam quid quod reading reference Roman Rome Rutulians seems sense Servius shield ships spear subj suggested supposed syllable synizesis temple tibi tmesis Trojan Troy Turnus ultro Venus verb viii vine Virgil Virgilian wind word zeugma καὶ
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Page 338 - But when the warrior dieth, His comrades in the war, With arms reversed and muffled drum, Follow his funeral car ; They show the banners taken, They tell his battles won, And after him lead his masterless steed, While peals the minute gun.
Page 14 - And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw...
Page 319 - Incensed with indignation, Satan stood Unterrified, and like a comet burned, That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the Arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Page 230 - Where now thy might, which all those kings subdued ? No martial myriads muster in thy gate ; No suppliant nations in thy Temple wait ; No prophet bards, thy glittering courts among, Wake the full lyre, and swell the tide of song : But lawless Force, and meagre Want is there, And the quick-darting eye of restless Fear ; While cold Oblivion, 'mid thy ruins laid, Folds his dank wing beneath the ivy shade.
Page 239 - And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 349 - ... at all, it must be sought elsewhere. And, perhaps, if the fancy be permitted, we may imagine that we discern it best in the strange and yearning beauty of the passages which speak of the glorious girlhood of Camilla, the maid unwon; Camilla, whose death a nymph avenges, and whose tale Diana tells; Camilla, whose name leapt first of all to Virgil's lips as he spoke to Dante of their Italy in the underworld.
Page 366 - Glitt'ring lances are the loom, Where the dusky warp we strain, Weaving many a soldier's doom, Orkney's woe and Randver's bane.
Page 135 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 117 - Neptune, besides the sway Of every salt flood and each ebbing stream, Took in, by lot 'twixt high and nether Jove, Imperial rule of all the sea-girt Isles...