All 13 Uses of
summon
in
The Aeneid
- He summon'd Eurus and the western blast, And first an angry glance on both he cast; Then thus rebuk'd: "Audacious winds! from whence This bold attempt, this rebel insolence?†
Book 1
- Haste! gird my sword, tho' spent and overcome: 'T is the last summons to receive our doom.†
Book 2 *
- Friends daily flock; and scarce the kindly spring Began to clothe the ground, and birds to sing, When old Anchises summon'd all to sea: The crew my father and the Fates obey.†
Book 3
- " 'Think it not loss of time a while to stay, Tho' thy companions chide thy long delay; Tho' summon'd to the seas, tho' pleasing gales Invite thy course, and stretch thy swelling sails: But beg the sacred priestess to relate With willing words, and not to write thy fate.†
Book 3
- Go happy hence, and seek your new abodes, Blest in a son, and favor'd by the gods: For I with useless words prolong your stay, When southern gales have summon'd you away.'†
Book 3
- A marble temple stood within the grove, Sacred to death, and to her murther'd love; That honor'd chapel she had hung around With snowy fleeces, and with garlands crown'd: Oft, when she visited this lonely dome, Strange voices issued from her husband's tomb; She thought she heard him summon her away, Invite her to his grave, and chide her stay.†
Book 4
- Thus dress'd, she summon'd, with her dying breath, The heav'ns and planets conscious of her death, And ev'ry pow'r, if any rules above, Who minds, or who revenges, injur'd love.†
Book 4
- Thy summon'd sister, and thy friend, had come; One sword had serv'd us both, one common tomb: Was I to raise the pile, the pow'rs invoke, Not to be present at the fatal stroke?†
Book 4
- The herald summons all, and then proclaims Cloanthus conqu'ror of the naval games.†
Book 5
- Mnestheus the second victor was declar'd; And, summon'd there, the second prize he shard.†
Book 5
- The clowns, a boist'rous, rude, ungovern'd crew, With furious haste to the loud summons flew.†
Book 7
- BOOK X The gates of heav'n unfold: Jove summons all The gods to council in the common hall.†
Book 10
- Thus, full of anxious thought, he summons all The Latian senate to the council hall.†
Book 11
Definition:
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(summon) to call forthThe exact meaning of summon can depend upon its context. For example:
- "summon to court" -- officially demand that someone appear in court (call them to court)
- "summon the team to a meeting" -- call upon the team members to attend a meeting
- "summon help" -- call others to come and help
- "summon her courage" -- call forth her courage from within