Chapter II · Chapter 2

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

anew

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

any thing at all

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

a room used primarily for sleeping

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

with resolute determination

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

a long fixed look

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

past form of “grasp” — hold firmly

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

a tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

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From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

an iconic mental representation

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

moving to the inside of something

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

without good reason

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

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 She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

engage in

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

a written account of what transpired at a meeting

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

polished surface that forms images by reflecting light

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Then she went on, turning to the slave.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

used when we are both doing the action and receiving it

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

the act of departing politely

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

filled or impregnated with perfume

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

-ing form of “place” — put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

giving pleasure and satisfaction

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

perfected or made shiny and smooth

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

past form of “pour” — cause to run

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

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 Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

marked by exceptional merit

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

an instance of visual perception

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

a person who is owned by someone

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

(of a nose) blocked

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

in or at that place or location

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

having come into contact

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

plural of “tress” — a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

From this reading Then she went on, turning to the slave.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading For some minutes she looked with a melancholy gaze at the image in the polished metal, then she sighed again; she picked up the little greyhound that lay at her feet, and placing it in her lap, showed the animal its image in the mirror.

plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "There, poor Iambe," she said, "if we two, inside these four walls, want to see anything like a pleasing sight we must look at ourselves."

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Then she went on, turning to the slave.

at the time that

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

during the time that

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.

in the company of; together with

From this reading She sighed, while the slave lightly touched the shining tresses here and there with perfumed oil which she had poured into the palm of her hand; then she firmly grasped the long thick waving mass of golden hair and was parting it to make a plait, when Sirona stopped her, saying, "Give me the mirror."

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading Sirona was sitting at the open window of her bedroom, having her hair arranged by a black woman that her husband had bought in Rome.