All 6 Uses of
perish
in
The Aeneid
- Around your house the greedy Grecians err; And these had perish'd in the nightly war, But for my presence and protecting care.†
Book 2 *
- My will's the same: fair goddess, fear no more, Your fleet shall safely gain the Latian shore; Their lives are giv'n; one destin'd head alone Shall perish, and for multitudes atone."†
Book 5
- Can they securely trust their feeble wall, A slight partition, a thin interval, Betwixt their fate and them; when Troy, tho' built By hands divine, yet perish'd by their guilt?†
Book 9
- But if some chance— as many chances are, And doubtful hazards, in the deeds of warIf one should reach my head, there let it fall, And spare thy life; I would not perish all.†
Book 9
- Now let him perish, since you hold it good, And glut the Trojans with his pious blood.†
Book 10
- Call them not Trojans: perish the renown And name of Troy, with that detested town.†
Book 12
Definition:
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(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existeditor's notes: You may encounter an informal expression, "Perish the thought." It means that the speaker hopes the thought will cease to exist and the thing it represents will never happen.