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dīvĭdĭmūsmūrōsētmoēnĭăpāndĭmŭsūrbis.
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Vivid presentdividimus
Advancementdividimus
Notedividimus The horse was too large to pass through the gates of Troy
Vivid presentpandimus
Encapsulationmoenia pandimus urbis
235
āccīngūntōmnēsŏpĕrī,pĕdĭbūsquĕrŏtārum
3
Vivid presentaccingunt
Advancementaccingunt
Emphaticomnes
236
sūbĭcĭūntlāpsūs,ētstūppĕăvīncŭlăcōllo
1
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īntēndūnt:scāndītfātālīsmāchĭnămūrōs,
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Vivid presentintendunt
Enjambementīntēndūnt
Vivid presentscandit
Advancementscandit
Displacementmuros
NoteSpondaic
238
fēta͜ārmīs.pŭĕrīcīrcum͜īnnūptaēquĕpŭēllaē
2
Pregnancy vocabularyfeta
Enjambementfeta armis
239
sācrăcănūnt,fūnēmquĕmănūcōntīngĕrĕgaūdēnt.
4
Vivid presentcanunt
Vivid presentgaudent
Ironygaudent
Note‘Virgil had in mind the procession of the images of the gods to the Circensian Games. They were placed in cars drawn by animals and attended by boys holding the traces.’ - Wainwirght
240
īllăsŭbīt,mĕdĭaēquĕmĭnānsīnlābĭtŭrūrbi.
3
NoteVivid present subit
Vivid presentinlabitur
Hyperbatonmediae urbi
241
ōpătrĭa,͜ōdīvōmdŏmŭsĪlĭum,͜ĕtīnclŭtăbēllo
3
ApostropheO patria
ApostropheO Ilium
PathosAeneas breaks out of his story
242
moēnĭăDārdănĭdūm,quătĕrīpso͜īnlīmĭnĕpōrtaē
4
Hyperbatonincluta moenia
Tricolonpatria, Iliam, moenia
Elisionīpso͜ īn
Notesync.
243
sūbstĭtĭt,ātque͜ŭtĕrōsŏnĭtūmquătĕrārmădĕdēre:
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Enjambementsubstitit
Vivid presentsubstitit
NoteIn limine portae substitit To stumble on the threshold was always held as a bad omen
Pregnancy vocabularyutero
Repetitionquater
Alliterationsūbstĭtĭt, ātque͜ ŭtĕrō sŏnĭtūm quătĕr
Displacementarma
NoteDactylic
244
īnstāmūstămĕnīnmĕmŏrēscaēcīquĕfŭrōre,
4
Advancementinstamus
Vivid presentinstamus
Furorcaecique furore
FuroreOften implies heaven-inspired madness
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ētmōnstrum͜īnfēlīxsācrātāsīstĭmŭsārce.
4
Vivid presentsistimus
Juxtapositioninfelix sacrata
Sibilanceinfelix sacrata sistimus
Hyperbatonsacrata arce
234
We split the walls and lay open the buildings of our city
235
All equip themselves for the task, and below its feet they set
236
(the) gliding (of) wheels, stretched ropes of flax on its neck.
237
The engine of fate mounts our walls
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teeming with armed men. Boys and unmarried girls sing their hymns
239
around it and rejoiced to have a hand on the rope.
240
It comes under, it slides in threatening the centre of the city.
241
O my native land. O Ilium home of the gods! O walls of the people of Dardanus
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famous in war, Four times, on the very threshold of the gate,
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It stopped, and four times in the womb the armour gave a sound.
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However, we press on heedless and in blind madness
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and we stand the accursed monster on our consecrated citadel.