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Page 192
... town of Lavinium , assumed to be named for Lavinia , the Italian bride of Æneas . The reading Lavina is less approved . — 3. ille , etc. , the man long tossed ; there is no verb to be supplied , the pronoun is in a kind of apposition ...
... town of Lavinium , assumed to be named for Lavinia , the Italian bride of Æneas . The reading Lavina is less approved . — 3. ille , etc. , the man long tossed ; there is no verb to be supplied , the pronoun is in a kind of apposition ...
Page 193
... towns . When conquered by Rome , its leading families , Albani patres , were said to have been transferred to Rome , which then became chief of the confederacy . The term refers here , in general , to the great senatorial families . - 8 ...
... towns . When conquered by Rome , its leading families , Albani patres , were said to have been transferred to Rome , which then became chief of the confederacy . The term refers here , in general , to the great senatorial families . - 8 ...
Page 219
... town . The legend probably arose from a confusion of the Phoenician bursa , citadel , " with ẞúpoa , " hide . " 66 368. possent : subj . in ind . disc . , being part of the terms of the bargain ( § 341 , c ; G. 628 ; H. 528 , 1 ) . 369 ...
... town . The legend probably arose from a confusion of the Phoenician bursa , citadel , " with ẞúpoa , " hide . " 66 368. possent : subj . in ind . disc . , being part of the terms of the bargain ( § 341 , c ; G. 628 ; H. 528 , 1 ) . 369 ...
Page 274
... town . Gay , Trivia , iii . 94–96 : I force my passage where the thickest swarm . Thus his lost bride the Trojan sought in vain Through night , and arms , and flames , and hills of slain . 751. caput , life . 752. obscura limina , i.e. ...
... town . Gay , Trivia , iii . 94–96 : I force my passage where the thickest swarm . Thus his lost bride the Trojan sought in vain Through night , and arms , and flames , and hills of slain . 751. caput , life . 752. obscura limina , i.e. ...
Page 277
... town Ænea on the west coast of Thrace ( Liv . xliv . 10 ) , with whose name Virgil thus connects his story ; also an earlier Ænos ( Il . iv . 520 ) , at the mouth of the Hebrus , where was said to be a tomb of Polydorus . Here the two ...
... town Ænea on the west coast of Thrace ( Liv . xliv . 10 ) , with whose name Virgil thus connects his story ; also an earlier Ænos ( Il . iv . 520 ) , at the mouth of the Hebrus , where was said to be a tomb of Polydorus . Here the two ...
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actly Æneas Æneid aequor Anchises ancient animi animo Apollo āre ārī arma ārum atque ātum ātus auras āvī caelo cæsura Campania cere circum Creüsa cura cursu Dardanus decl dere Dido divine duced entis ēre Faery Queen famous fata Greek haec haud hence hendiadys hinc inis inter ipse itum Juno Jupiter Latin Latium Less ex Less exactly litora manus Masc mihi moenia Neut numine nunc omnes one's ōnis orig ōris ōrum pater perf perh plur Poetically Priam prob pron quae quam quid quis quod reduced river Roman root Rutulian sense sidera stem akin subst terra things Thrace tibi Trojan Troy umbra unda urbem urbes Virgil wind word
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Page 386 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Page 294 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, * But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting.
Page 179 - Spiritus intus alit, totamque infusa per artus Mens agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet. Inde hominum pecudumque genus vitaeque volantum Et quae marmoreo fert monstra sub aequore pontus. Igneus est ollis vigor et coelestis origo 730 Seminibus, quantum non noxia corpora tardant Terrenique hebetant artus moribundaque membra.
Page xvii - Hos ego versiculos feci, tulit alter honores : Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves ; Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis oves ; Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes ; Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
Page 314 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 158 - Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno; Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 331 - In such a night Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. LOR. In such a night Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love To come again to Carthage.
Page 163 - Ibant obscuri sola sub nocte per umbram perque domos Ditis vacuas et inania regna: quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna 270 est iter in silvis, ubi caelum condidit umbra luppiter et rebus nox abstulit atra colorem.
Page 99 - Parva metu primo; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit.
Page 239 - The ascending pile Stood fixed her stately height, and straight the doors, Opening their brazen folds discover, wide Within, her ample spaces o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof, Pendent by subtle magic, many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus, yielded light As from a sky.