All 10 Uses
portent
in
The Aeneid
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- Portents and prodigies their souls amaz'd; But most, when this stupendous pile was rais'd: Then flaming meteors, hung in air, were seen, And thunders rattled thro' a sky serene.†
Book 2portents = signs of things about to happen
- A greater omen, and of worse portent, Did our unwary minds with fear torment, Concurring to produce the dire event.†
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- Yet, mad with zeal, and blinded with our fate, We haul along the horse in solemn state; Then place the dire portent within the tow'r.†
Book 2
- Then dire portents she sees, To hasten on the death her soul decrees: Strange to relate!†
Book 4portents = signs of things about to happen
- The feather'd arrow gave a dire portent, And latter augurs judge from this event.†
Book 5
- Then Nautes, old and wise, to whom alone The will of Heav'n by Pallas was foreshown; Vers'd in portents, experienc'd, and inspir'd To tell events, and what the fates requir'd; Thus while he stood, to neither part inclin'd, With cheerful words reliev'd his lab'ring mind: "O goddess-born, resign'd in ev'ry state, With patience bear, with prudence push your fate.†
Book 5portents = signs of things about to happen
- Turnus, for high descent and graceful mien, Was first, and favor'd by the Latian queen; With him she strove to join Lavinia's hand, But dire portents the purpos'd match withstand.†
Book 7
- This new portent the seer with wonder views, Then pausing, thus his prophecy renews: "The nymph, who scatters flaming fires around, Shall shine with honor, shall herself be crown'd; But, caus'd by her irrevocable fate, War shall the country waste, and change the state."†
Book 7
- This was the foreign prince, by fate decreed To share his scepter, and Lavinia's bed; This was the race that sure portents foreshew To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.†
Book 7portents = signs of things about to happen
- One sister plague if these from heav'n he sent, To fright Juturna with a dire portent.†
Book 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(portent) a sign of something about to happen
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)