All 9 Uses
hinder
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Cary
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- My weary frame
After short pause recomforted, again
I journey'd on over that lonely steep,
The hinder foot still firmer.†Canto 1.1-11 *hinder = slowed down or caused problems for - She then: "Since thou so deeply wouldst inquire,
I will instruct thee briefly, why no dread
Hinders my entrance here.†Canto 1.1-11hinders = slows down or causes problems for - Hinder not his way
By destiny appointed; so 'tis will'd
Where will and power are one.†Canto 1.1-11hinder = slowed down or caused problems for - Satan!" loud exclaim'd
Plutus, in accent hoarse of wild alarm:
And the kind sage, whom no event surpris'd,
To comfort me thus spake: "Let not thy fear
Harm thee, for power in him, be sure, is none
To hinder down this rock thy safe descent."†Canto 1.1-11 - And I, when he to me outstretch'd his arm,
Intently fix'd my ken on his parch'd looks,
That although smirch'd with fire, they hinder'd not
But I remember'd him; and towards his face
My hand inclining, answer'd: "Sir!†Canto 1.12-22 - how I long
Could keep my visage dry, when I beheld
Near me our form distorted in such guise,
That on the hinder parts fall'n from the face
The tears down-streaming roll'd.†Canto 1.12-22 - a serpent with six feet
Springs forth on one, and fastens full upon him:
His midmost grasp'd the belly, a forefoot
Seiz'd on each arm (while deep in either cheek
He flesh'd his fangs); the hinder on the thighs
Were spread, 'twixt which the tail inserted curl'd
Upon the reins behind.†Canto 1.23-34 - A rundlet, that hath lost
Its middle or side stave, gapes not so wide,
As one I mark'd, torn from the chin throughout
Down to the hinder passage: 'twixt the legs
Dangling his entrails hung, the midriff lay
Open to view, and wretched ventricle,
That turns th' englutted aliment to dross.†Canto 1.23-34 - Then seizing on his hinder scalp, I cried:
"Name thee, or not a hair shall tarry here."†Canto 1.23-34
Definitions:
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(1)
(hinder as in: hindered by) slow down or cause problems for
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)