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nōsābiīssĕrăti͜ētvēntōpĕtĭīssĕMўcēnās:
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NoteThe subject of abisse is omitted, another mark of informal style, quite common when a pronoun can be easily supplied and needs no stress
DisplacementMycenas
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ērgo͜ōmnīslōngōsōlvītsēTeūcrĭălūctū;
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Emphaticomnis
Hyperbatonlongo luctu
NoteTeucria Teucer was the first king in the Troad, which was called the Teucris, the land of Teucer after him.
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pāndūntūrpōrtaē;iŭvătīre͜ētDōrĭcăcāstră
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Vivid presentpanduntur
Advancementpanduntur
Vivid presentiuvat
SynecdocheDorica Strictly implies ‘Dorian’, but is here used for the Greeks in general
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dēsērtōsquĕvĭdērĕlŏcōslītūsquĕrĕlīctŭm.
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Hyperbatondesertos locos
Alliterationlocos litusque relictum
Variatiodesertosque, relictum
Chiasmusdesertos, locos, litus, relictum
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hīcDŏlŏpūmmănŭs,hīcsaēvūstēndēbătĂchiīlĕs;
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Epithetsaevus
Hyperbatonsaevus Achilles
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clāssĭbŭshīclŏcŭs;hīcăciĕcērtārĕsŏlēbānt.
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Repetitionhic
Noteobj. gen.
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pārsstŭpĕtīnnūptaēdōnum͜ēxĭtĭālĕMĭnērvaē,
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Vivid presentstupet
Noteinnuptae formal epithet
Hyperbatoninnuptae Minervae
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ētmōlēmmīrāntŭrĕquī;prīmūsquĕThўmoētĕs
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Vivid presentmirantur
Variatiostupet, mirantur
Hyperbatonmolem equi
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dūci͜īntrāmūrōshōrtātŭrĕtārcĕlŏcārĭ,
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Chiasmusduci, intra muros, arce, locari
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sīvĕdŏlō,seūiāmTroīaēsīcfātăfĕrēbānt.
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Displacementfata
Notedolo Thymoetes was a Trojan who had a grudge against Priam for putting his wife’s son to death to satisfy an oracle
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ātCăpўs,ētquōrūmmĕlĭōrsēntēntĭămēntĭ,
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Comparativemelior
Notequōrūm mĕlĭōr sēntēntĭă mēntĭ Lit. - [for those] of whom there was better sense of mind
Notedative of destination
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aūtpĕlăgōDănaŭmīnsĭdĭāssūspēctăquĕdōnă
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praācĭpĭtāre͜iūbēnt,sūbiēctīsque͜ūrĕrĕflāmmīs,
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Vivid presentiubent
Hyperbatonsubiectis flammis
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aūttĕrĕbrārĕcăvāsŭtĕri͜ēttēmptārĕlătēbrās.
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Pregnancy vocabularyuteri
Noteterebrare Virgil also uses this in the blinding of the Cyclops.
RBterebrare, cavas, temptare, latebras
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scīndĭtŭrīncērtūmstŭdĭa͜īncōntrārĭăvōlgŭs.
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Advancementscinditur
Hyperbatonincertum volgus
Notevolgus not contemptuous. Virgil contrasts the rank and file with the names of the leaders.
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We reasoned they had left and had sought Mycenae with the wind.
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Therefore all of Troy released itself from the long sorrow;
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The gates are opened; It is pleasing to go and to see the Doric camp
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and the deserted places and abandoned shore.
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Here band of Dolopians, here fierce Achilles was encamped;
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Here was the place for the fleets, here they used to fight in battle array.
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Some are astounded by the fatal gift for virgin Minerva,
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and wonder at the size of the horse; and Thymoetes first
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encourages it to be led within the walls and to be placed in the citadel,
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either through deceit or the fates of Troy were already leaning thus.
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But Capys, and those of better sense of mind,
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suspected traps of the Greeks and order that they throw the gifts
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headlong into the sea or they burn them, having kindled them with flames,
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or to bore into the hollows of the belly and try for hiding places.
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The uncertain people are split into contrary desires.