Both Uses of
reprieve
in
The Aeneid
- Then shortly thus the sov'reign god replied: "Since in my pow'r and goodness you confide, If for a little space, a lengthen'd span, You beg reprieve for this expiring man, I grant you leave to take your Turnus hence From instant fate, and can so far dispense.†
Book 10
- To whom the goddess thus, with weeping eyes: "And what if that request, your tongue denies, Your heart should grant; and not a short reprieve, But length of certain life, to Turnus give?†
Book 10 *
Definition:
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(reprieve) delay or halt punishment; or a warrant granting such -- especially a death sentence
or:
relieve temporarily