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pōnĕlĕgīt,sĭnŭātque͜īmmēnsăvŏlūmĭnĕtērga.
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Vivid presentlegit
Advancementsinuat
Vivid presentsinuat
Hyperbatonimmensa terga
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fītsŏnĭtūsspūmāntĕsălō;iāmque͜ārvătĕnēbānt,
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Vivid presentfit
Alliterationsonitus spumante salo
Tautologyalta, pelago, undas, pontum, salo
NoteAcc. of respect
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ārdēntīsque͜ŏcŭlōssūffēctīsānguĭne͜ĕtīgni,
2
Coupletsanguine et igni
Displacementsanguine et igni
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sībĭlălāmbēbāntlīnguīsvībrāntĭbŭsōra.
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Advancementlambebant
Alliterationsibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus
Hyperbatonsibila ora
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dīffŭgĭmūsvīsu͜ēxsānguēs:īlli͜āgmĭnĕcērto
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Advancementdiffugimus
Military vocabagmine Perhaps indicative of the Greeks to come
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Lāŏcŏōntăpĕtūnt;ētprīmūmpārvădŭōrum
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EPLaocoönta
Vivid presentpetunt
NoteLaocoon statue
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cōrpŏrănātōrūmsērpēnsāmplēxŭsŭtērque
1
Interwoven word orderparva, duorum, corpora, natorum
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īmplĭcăt,ētmĭsĕrōsmōrsūdēpāscĭtŭrārtus;
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Vivid presentimplicat
Enjambementimplicat
Pathosmiseros
Alliterationmiseros morsu
Vivid presentdepascitur
Hyperbatonmiseros artus
NotePredic. dat.
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pōstīpsum͜aūxĭlĭōsŭbĕūntem͜āctēlăfĕrēntem
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cōrrĭpĭūnt,spīrīsquĕlĭgāntīngēntĭbŭs;ētiam
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EPcorripiunt
Vivid presentcorripiunt
Vivid presentligant
Hyperbatonspiris ingentibus
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bīsmĕdĭum͜āmplēxī,bīscōllōsquāmĕăcīrcum
3
Notehaving twice encircled his waist, twice having flung round his neck
Anaphorabis medium, bis collo
Consonancecollo squamea circum
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tērgădătī,sŭpĕrāntcăpĭte͜ētcērvīcĭbŭsāltis.
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Hyperbatonsquamea terga
Tmesiscircumdati
Advancementsuperant
Vivid presentsuperant
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skim the ocean behind, their immense backs curve in coils.
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The sound is made with the sea foaming; Now they were occupying the land
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Their blazing eyes suffused with blood and fire,
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They were licking their hissing lips with quivering tongues.
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We fled in different directions, pale at the sight: with unswerving advance
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they made straight for Laocoon; at first the serpent envelops the small bodies
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of his two sons entangling around both
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and devours with bites their wretched limbs;
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After they seize him himself coming to their aid bearing his spear
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they seized him and tie him in huge coils; and now
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scaly backs, they tower above him with their head and long necks.