All 3 Uses of
stealth
in
The Aeneid
- The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth, With steel invades his brother's life by stealth; Before the sacred altar made him bleed, And long from her conceal'd the cruel deed.†
Book 1 *
- Let me, by stealth, this female plague o'ercome, And from the field return inglorious home.†
Book 11
- Of ev'ry Latian fair whom Jove misled To mount by stealth my violated bed, To thee alone I grudg'd not his embrace, But gave a part of heav'n, and an unenvied place.†
Book 12
Definition:
hard to see or detect; or done in a manner to avoid detection