All 6 Uses of
prone
in
The Aeneid
- "With such deceits he gain'd their easy hearts, Too prone to credit his perfidious arts.†
Book 2
- Him Tullus next in dignity succeeds, An active prince, and prone to martial deeds.†
Book 6 *
- Down sunk the monster bulk and press'd the ground; His arms and clatt'ring shield on the vast body sound, Not with less ruin than the Bajan mole, Rais'd on the seas, the surges to controlAt once comes tumbling down the rocky wall; Prone to the deep, the stones disjointed fall Of the vast pile; the scatter'd ocean flies; Black sands, discolor'd froth, and mingled mud arise: The frighted billows roll, and seek the shores; Then trembles Prochyta, then Ischia roars: Typhoeus, thrown…†
Book 9
- Why do you then these needless arms prepare, And thus provoke a people prone to war?†
Book 10
- As Lucagus, to lash his horses, bends, Prone to the wheels, and his left foot protends, Prepar'd for fight; the fatal dart arrives, And thro' the borders of his buckler drives; Pass'd thro' and pierc'd his groin: the deadly wound, Cast from his chariot, roll'd him on the ground.†
Book 10
- Prone thro' the void the rocky ruin shoots, Rolling from crag to crag, from steep to steep; Down sink, at once, the shepherds and their sheep: Involv'd alike, they rush to nether ground; Stunn'd with the shock they fall, and stunn'd from earth rebound: So Turnus, hasting headlong to the town, Should'ring and shoving, bore the squadrons down.†
Book 12
Definition:
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(prone as in: prone position) lying face downward