All 8 Uses of
assail
in
The Aeneid
- New pangs of mortal fear our minds assail; We tug at ev'ry oar, and hoist up ev'ry sail, And take th' advantage of the friendly gale.†
Book 3 *
- but fear'd it most, When love assail'd you, on the Libyan coast.†
Book 6
- Agrippa seconds him, with prosp'rous gales, And, with propitious gods, his foes assails: A naval crown, that binds his manly brows, The happy fortune of the fight foreshows.†
Book 8
- The trumpets sound: Aeneas first assail'd The clowns new-rais'd and raw, and soon prevail'd.†
Book 10
- for, when the chief assail'd, Nor valor nor Herculean arms avail'd, Nor their fam'd father, wont in war to go With great Alcides, while he toil'd below.†
Book 10
- But from his headstrong horse his fate he found, Who threw his master, as he made a bound: The chief, alighting, stuck him to the ground; Then Clonius, hand to hand, on foot assails: The Trojan sinks, and Neptune's son prevails.†
Book 10
- Nor arts nor arms avail; And various cares in vain his mind assail.†
Book 12
- Now Turnus, at two blows, two brethren slew; First from his horse fierce Amycus he threw: Then, leaping on the ground, on foot assail'd Diores, and in equal fight prevail'd.†
Book 12
Definition:
to attack or cause trouble