Both Uses of
breadth
in
The Aeneid
- Scarce had he finish'd, when, with speckled pride, A serpent from the tomb began to glide; His hugy bulk on sev'n high volumes roll'd; Blue was his breadth of back, but streak'd with scaly gold: Thus riding on his curls, he seem'd to pass A rolling fire along, and singe the grass.†
Book 5
- The choir of nymphs, and Phorcus, from below, With virgin Panopea, heard his vow; And old Portunus, with his breadth of hand, Push'd on, and sped the galley to the land.†
Book 5 *
Definition:
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(breadth) the distance between two sides; or the range of variety -- especially a broad range of knowledge