Both Uses of
intrepid
in
The Aeneid
- Intrepid on her swelling dugs they hung; The foster dam loll'd out her fawning tongue: They suck'd secure, while, bending back her head, She lick'd their tender limbs, and form'd them as they fed.†
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- From Acmon's hands a rolling stone there came, So large, it half deserv'd a mountain's name: Strong-sinew'd was the youth, and big of bone; His brother Mnestheus could not more have done, Or the great father of th' intrepid son.†
Book 10
Definition:
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(intrepid) brave -- especially showing an adventurous spirit or level-headed determination in difficult circumstances