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sīcfātūs,vălĭdīsīngēntēmvīrĭbŭshāstăm
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Interwoven word ordervalidis, ingentem, viribus, hastam
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īnlătŭsīnquĕfĕrīcūrvāmcōmpāgĭbŭsālvŭm
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cōntōrsīt:stĕtĭtīllătrĕmēns,ŭtĕrōquĕrĕcūssō
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Enjambementcontorsit
Advancementstetit
Pregnancy vocabularyuteroque
Notesync
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īnsŏnŭērĕcăvaēgĕmĭtūmquĕdĕdērĕcăvērnaē.
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Advancementinsonuere
Displacementcavernae
Assonancecavae cavernae
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ēt,sĭfătādēūm,sīmēnsnōnlaēvăfŭīssĕt,
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īmpŭlĕrātfērro͜Ārgŏlĭcāsfoēdārĕlătēbrās,
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Advancementimpulerat
Indicativeimpulerat Used to show how nearly the event happened
HyperbatonArgolicas latebras
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Troīăquĕ,nūncstārēt,Prĭămīque͜ārxāltă,mănērēs.
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Apostrophemaneres
Noteacc. of respect
Noteantecedent of qui
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Having spoken thus, he hurled a huge spear with his powerful strength
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into the side and into the belly of the beast curved with timbers:
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it stood there quivering, and by the reverberation of the womb
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The hollows sounded and the caverns gave a groan.
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and, if divine fate, if our minds had not been perverse,
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He would have driven us to spoil the Greek hiding places with our swords,
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and Troy would now stand, and you, the high citadel of Priam would remain.