All 3 Uses of
promiscuous
in
The Aeneid
- Trojans and Latians vie with like desires To make the field of battle shine with fires, And the promiscuous blaze to heav'n aspires.†
Book 11 *
- Now, studious of the sight, a num'rous throng Of either sex promiscuous, old and young, Swarm the town: by those who rest behind, The gates and walls and houses' tops are lin'd.†
Book 12
- Still pressing onward, to the walls he drew, Where shafts, and spears, and darts promiscuous flew, And sanguine streams the slipp'ry ground embrue.†
Book 12
Definition:
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(promiscuous) indiscriminate (non-selective) -- especially having many sexual partners