450
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From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
455
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From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Loud cried the Fathers all.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Back, Lartius! back, Herminius!
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
crackverbUS /kræk/
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Loud cried the Fathers all.
placed crosswise
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
dartedverbUS /ˈdɑːrtɪd/
past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
an old word for “before”
From this reading Back, ere the ruin fall!"
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading Back, ere the ruin fall!"
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
FathersnounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
plural of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Loud cried the Fathers all.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Herminius
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From this reading "Back, Lartius! back, Herminius!
Horatius
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From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Lartius
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From this reading "Back, Lartius! back, Herminius!
LIVadjectiveUS /lɪv/
being four more than fifty
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading Loud cried the Fathers all.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
on one occasion
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading Back, ere the ruin fall!"
cut with a saw
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Spurius
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From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
be standing; be upright
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Loud cried the Fathers all.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
timbersnounUS /ˈtɪmbərz/
plural of “timber” — the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading 450 LIV Back darted Spurius Lartius, Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
at the time that
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
