All 3 Uses of
prophesy
in
The Aeneid
- An ancient augur prophesied from hence: "Behold on Latian shores a foreign prince!†
Book 7
- For thus Anchises prophesied of old, And this our fatal place of rest foretold: 'When, on a foreign shore, instead of meat, By famine forc'd, your trenchers you shall eat, Then ease your weary Trojans will attend, And the long labors of your voyage end.†
Book 7 *
- At this the vanquish'd, with his dying breath, Thus faintly spoke, and prophesied in death: "Nor thou, proud man, unpunish'd shalt remain: Like death attends thee on this fatal plain."†
Book 10
Definition:
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(prophesy) predict or reveal -- especially through, or as if through, divine inspiration