All 3 Uses of
discourse
in
The Aeneid
- Th' unhappy queen with talk prolong'd the night, And drank large draughts of love with vast delight; Of Priam much enquir'd, of Hector more; Then ask'd what arms the swarthy Memnon wore, What troops he landed on the Trojan shore; The steeds of Diomede varied the discourse, And fierce Achilles, with his matchless force; At length, as fate and her ill stars requir'd, To hear the series of the war desir'd.†
Book 1
- Of various things discoursing as he pass'd, Anchises hither bends his steps at last.†
Book 6 *
- Discoursing thus together, they resort Where poor Evander kept his country court.†
Book 8
Definition:
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(discourse) a serious speech, writing, or conversation on a particular topic
or much more rarely: to speak or write formally on a particular topic; or to have a conversation