All 4 Uses of
vie
in
The Aeneid
- Fresh gales arise; with equal strokes they vie, And brush the buxom seas, and o'er the billows fly.†
Book 5 *
- These holy rites perform'd, they took their way Where long extended plains of pleasure lay: The verdant fields with those of heav'n may vie, With ether vested, and a purple sky; The blissful seats of happy souls below.†
Book 6
- Trojans and Latians vie with like desires To make the field of battle shine with fires, And the promiscuous blaze to heav'n aspires.†
Book 11
- The Tuscan matrons with each other vied, To bless their rival sons with such a bride; But she disdains their love, to share with me The sylvan shades and vow'd virginity.†
Book 11
Definition:
-
(vie) compete for something