All 3 Uses of
hinder
in
The Aeneid
- Now cast by fortune on this kindred land, What should our rest and rising walls withstand, Or hinder here to fix our banish'd band?†
Book 5 *
- Did I with fire the Trojan town deface, Or hinder from return your exil'd race?†
Book 10
- Thus threat'ning comets, when by night they rise, Shoot sanguine streams, and sadden all the skies: So Sirius, flashing forth sinister lights, Pale humankind with plagues and with dry famine fright: Yet Turnus with undaunted mind is bent To man the shores, and hinder their descent, And thus awakes the courage of his friends: "What you so long have wish'd, kind Fortune sends; In ardent arms to meet th' invading foe: You find, and find him at advantage now.†
Book 10
Definition:
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(hinder as in: hindered by) slow down or cause problems for