All 7 Uses of
specter
in
The Aeneid
- At length, in dead of night, the ghost appears Of her unhappy lord: the specter stares, And, with erected eyes, his bloody bosom bares.†
Book 1 *
- "To this the specter no reply did frame, But answer'd to the cause for which he came, And, groaning from the bottom of his breast, This warning in these mournful words express'd: 'O goddess-born! escape, by timely flight, The flames and horrors of this fatal night.†
Book 2
- Then, with ungovern'd madness, I proclaim, Thro' all the silent street, Creusa's name: Creusa still I call; at length she hears, And sudden thro' the shades of night appearsAppears, no more Creusa, nor my wife, But a pale specter, larger than the life.†
Book 2
- Of various forms unnumber'd specters more, Centaurs, and double shapes, besiege the door.†
Book 6
- Of air condens'd a specter soon she made; And, what Aeneas was, such seem'd the shade.†
Book 10
- The specter seems the Daunian chief to dare, And flourishes his empty sword in air.†
Book 10
- What squalid specters, in the dead of night, Break my short sleep, and skim before my sight!†
Book 11
Definition:
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(specter as in: specter of national poverty) a frightening or disturbing mental image or possibility
or:
a ghostly appearing image