Virgil's Aeneid: books I-XII |
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The intli .. , adorat and imponet , expresses the idea more forcibly than the subj .; “ surely no one henceforth adores , no one will bring sacrifice . ' The present is occasionally used for the future in lively or earnest discourse ...
The intli .. , adorat and imponet , expresses the idea more forcibly than the subj .; “ surely no one henceforth adores , no one will bring sacrifice . ' The present is occasionally used for the future in lively or earnest discourse ...
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... and so prevent the founding of the Roman empire , she is striving to render the whole world , or every shore , inaccessible to them , and will thus bring about their destruction . clauditur : in prose the subjunctive would be used ...
... and so prevent the founding of the Roman empire , she is striving to render the whole world , or every shore , inaccessible to them , and will thus bring about their destruction . clauditur : in prose the subjunctive would be used ...
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Aeneas sends Achates to the ships , to summon Ascanius and to bring suitable presents for the queen . Venus causes Cupid to assume the form of Ascanius , while she conveys the latter to Idalium . 613. primo : ' at first ' ; not an ...
Aeneas sends Achates to the ships , to summon Ascanius and to bring suitable presents for the queen . Venus causes Cupid to assume the form of Ascanius , while she conveys the latter to Idalium . 613. primo : ' at first ' ; not an ...
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but now , as the banquet hour approaches at nightfall ( sub noctem ) , she thinks of the new perils of the Trojans , and her fear returns . There may be an allusion to the fact that night is apt to bring back and magnify the anxieties ...
but now , as the banquet hour approaches at nightfall ( sub noctem ) , she thinks of the new perils of the Trojans , and her fear returns . There may be an allusion to the fact that night is apt to bring back and magnify the anxieties ...
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94. me : subject of fore understood . tulisset : should bring it about . ' The pluperfect bjunctive represents a future per ect indicative of the direct discourse . H. 644 , 2 ; LM . 804 ; A. 286 , R .; B. 269 , 1 , ) ; G. 657 ...
94. me : subject of fore understood . tulisset : should bring it about . ' The pluperfect bjunctive represents a future per ect indicative of the direct discourse . H. 644 , 2 ; LM . 804 ; A. 286 , R .; B. 269 , 1 , ) ; G. 657 ...
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ablative accusative Aeneas ancient Apollo arma armis arms atque ātus āvi bear body bring called carry cause circum cover dative death descend Dido direct entis et al expression fall fate father freq give gods Greek haec hand Haud Hinc honor horse inter ipse Italy itus join Jupiter king land Latin look manus means mihi mind multa nunc omnes one's oris őrum pass pater present quae quam Quid quis quod refers river Roman round sail ships side subst super temple terras things tibi town Trojan Troy turn Turnus urbem Virgil wind