used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
in the past
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
ChildlessadjectiveUS /ˈtʃaɪldləs/
without offspring
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
containsverbUS /kənˈteɪnz/
third-person singular of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
crownlessadjective
not (especially not yet) provided with a crown
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
psychological suffering
From this reading Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress."
dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
remove the dust from
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
dwellersnounUS /ˈdwelərz/
plural of “dweller” — a person who inhabits a particular place
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
make void or empty of contents
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
flownounUS /floʊ/
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
heroicadjectiveUS /hɪˈroʊɪk/
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress."
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
nationsnounUS /ˈneɪʃənz/
plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
Niobenoun
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
not any; not one
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
move upward
From this reading Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress."
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
From this reading Rome.
scatter'd
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From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
Scipios
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From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
sepulchres
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From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
sleepsnounUS /sliːps/
plural of “sleep” — a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
tenantless
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From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
in or at that place or location
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress."
TibernounUS /ˈtaɪbər/
a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
tombnounUS /tuːm/
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
untoprepositionUS /ˈʌntuː/
an old word for “to”
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
urnnounUS /ɜːrn/
a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
precisely as stated
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
voicelessadjectiveUS /ˈvɔɪsləs/
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
belonging to which person
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
(politics) a state of disfavor
From this reading The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress."
wither'd
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From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading * * * * * "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago.
WoenounUS /woʊ/
misery resulting from affliction
From this reading "Woe unto us, not her; for she sleeps well."
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress."
