All 10 Uses of
precede
in
Dante's Purgatory -- translated by Norton
- [2] At the spring equinox Venus is in the sign of the Pisces, which immediately precedes that of Aries, in which is the Sun.†
Canto 1-11
- [2] The neglect of Italy by the Emperor Rudolph (see the preceding Canto) was not to be repaired by the vain efforts of Henry VII.†
Canto 1-11 *
- [1] By the concubine of old Tithonus, Dante seems to have intended the lunar Aurora, in distinction from the proper wife of Tithonus, Aurora, who precedes the rising Sun, and the meaning of these verses is that " the Aurora before moonrise was lighting up the eastern sky, the brilliant stars of the sign Scorpio were on the horizon, and, finally, it was shortly after 8.†
Canto 1-11
- A while ago in the dawn that precedes the day, when thy soul was sleeping within thee, upon the flowers wherewith the place down yonder is adorned, came a lady, and said, "I am Lucia; let me take this one who is sleeping; thus will I assist him along his way.'†
Canto 1-11
- There, preceding the blessed vessel, dancing, girt up, was the humble Psalmist, and more and less than king was he in that proceeding.†
Canto 1-11
- [1] The shepherd who precedes the flock, and should lead it aright, is the Pope.†
Canto 12-22
- [1] In his discourse in the preceding canto, Virgil has declared that neither the Creator nor his creatures are ever without love, either native in the soul, or proceeding from the mind.†
Canto 12-22
- [1] Toward dawn, when the warmth of the preceding day is exhausted, Saturn was supposed to exert a frigid influence.†
Canto 12-22
- These are the signs that immediately precede Aries, in which the Sun now was, and the stars forming the figure of the Greater Fortune would be in the east about two hours before sunrise.†
Canto 12-22
- And now before the splendors which precede the dawn, and rise the more grateful unto pilgrims as in returning they lodge less remote,[1] the shadows fled away on every side, and my sleep with them; whereupon I rose, seeing my great Masters already risen.†
Canto 23-33
Definition:
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(precede) to go or do before