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Page 18
... called strong ; if the second , it is called weak . Both these forms of caesura are normal , but the strong caesura is much the more common , partly , no doubt , because the only possible division of a spondee is after the first ...
... called strong ; if the second , it is called weak . Both these forms of caesura are normal , but the strong caesura is much the more common , partly , no doubt , because the only possible division of a spondee is after the first ...
Page 19
... called hiatus , i.e. a final vowel is not elided before a vowel at the beginning of the next word . There are two cases in the fourth Aeneid . quid struit | aūt quā | spē înĭļmīca în | gēntě mŏ | rātŭr ( 235 ) . Here the vowel in spe is ...
... called hiatus , i.e. a final vowel is not elided before a vowel at the beginning of the next word . There are two cases in the fourth Aeneid . quid struit | aūt quā | spē înĭļmīca în | gēntě mŏ | rātŭr ( 235 ) . Here the vowel in spe is ...
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... a few cases a hypermetric syllable , as it is called , i . e . a syllable in excess of the metre , is got rid of by elision . Thus we find in the fourth book ( a ) omnia Mercurio similis vocemque collorem que et 20 INTRODUCTION.
... a few cases a hypermetric syllable , as it is called , i . e . a syllable in excess of the metre , is got rid of by elision . Thus we find in the fourth book ( a ) omnia Mercurio similis vocemque collorem que et 20 INTRODUCTION.
Page 35
... called to the festival on Mount Cithaeron , passionately upbraids Aeneas for his desertion . At regina dolos ( quis fallere possit amantem ? ) praesensit , motusque excepit prima futuros , omnia tuta timens . eadem impia Fama furenti ...
... called to the festival on Mount Cithaeron , passionately upbraids Aeneas for his desertion . At regina dolos ( quis fallere possit amantem ? ) praesensit , motusque excepit prima futuros , omnia tuta timens . eadem impia Fama furenti ...
Page 57
... called alae , and it is not clear whether the beaters were so called because they were mounted , or because they worked from right and left , driving the game in front of the hunters . 123. nocte tegentur opaca , ' shall be hidden from ...
... called alae , and it is not clear whether the beaters were so called because they were mounted , or because they worked from right and left , driving the game in front of the hunters . 123. nocte tegentur opaca , ' shall be hidden from ...
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adloquitur Aeneas Aeneid Agathyrsi agmina amor Anchises animum Anna Apollo arma Ascanius atque auras Boeotia caelum caesura caput Carthage cēpi ceptum circum conj ctum curas Dardanus deorum dextra dictis Dido Dido and Aeneas ditum divum eris etiam Fama fata followed fuga goddess gods Greek haec hinc Iarbas indecl inis inter intr ipsa ipse īre Italy itum Iulus iussa īvi Juno Jupiter lacrimas Libyae limina litora Lycia marriage mente Mercury metu mihi mīsi moenia moritura morte neque ntis numina nunc omnis ōnis ōris ōrum pectore plur prep primum pron quae quam quid quin quis quod rectum remige sail sidera somnos soror stiti stridor subjunct Sychaeus syllable terras Trojans Troy urbem urbes verb Virgil viri vowel vulnus word
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Page 30 - Parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit.
Page 47 - Sol, qui terrarum flammis opera omnia lustras, tuque harum interpres curarum et conscia luno...
Page 39 - Misceri ante oculos tantis clamoribus aequor? Improbe amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis? Ire iterum in lacrimas, iterum temptare precando Cogitur, et supplex animos submittere amori, Ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat.
Page 37 - Nee tibi diva parens, generis nee Dardanus auctor, perfide ; sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens Caucasus, Hyrcanaeque admorunt ubera tigres. nam quid dissimulo? aut quae me ad majora reserve?
Page 28 - Massylique ruunt equites et odora canum vis. reginam thalamo cunctantem ad limina primi Poenorum exspectant, ostroque insignis et auro stat sonipes ac frena ferox spumantia mandit. 135 tandem progreditur magna stipante caterva Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo ; cui pharetra ex auro, crines nodantur in aurum, aurea purpuream subnectit fibula vestem.
Page 30 - ... illam Terra parens ira inritata deorum extremam, ut perhibent, Coeo Enceladoque sororem progenuit pedibus celerem et pernicibus alis, 180 monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui quot sunt corpore plumae, tot vigiles oculi subter (mirabile dictu), tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit auris.
Page 35 - Dido? quin etiam hiberno moliris sidere classem, et mediis properas Aquilonibus ire per altum, 310 crudelis? Quid? si non arva aliena domosque ignotas peteres, et Troia antiqua maneret, Troia per undosum peteretur classibus aequor?
Page 32 - Dixerat. ille patris magni parere parabat imperio: et primum pedibus talaria nectit aurea, quae sublimem alis sive aequora supra 240 seu terram rapido pariter cum flamine portant.
Page 40 - Talibus orabat, talisque miserrima fletus fertque refertque soror : sed nullis ille movetur fletibus, aut voces ullas tractabilis audit ; . fata obstant, placidasque viri deus obstruit auris. 440 1 ac, velut annoso validam cum robore quercum Alpini Boreae nunc hinc nunc flatibus illinc eruere inter se certant; it stridor, et altae consternunt terram concusso stipite frondes ; ipsa haeret scopulis, et, quantum vertice ad auras 445 aetherias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit...
Page 23 - AT regina gravi iamdudum saucia cura vulnus alit venis, et caeco carpitur igni. Multa viri virtus animo multusque recursat gentis honos, haerent infixi pectore vultus verbaque, nee placidam membris dat cura quietem.