Chapter XIII

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

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences

From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

distinctive manner of oral expression

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading Do you, as a habit, scan as you go along?

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

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Do you, as a habit, scan as you go along?

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

call upon in supplication; entreat

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

the use of brief expressions

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading O dear! and can you, courteous and well-instructed reader, positively read your ‘Georgics’ or ‘Æneid’ in that way?

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

past form of “compare” — examine and note the similarities or differences of

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

communication by the exchange of letters

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

exhibiting courtesy and politeness

From this reading O dear! and can you, courteous and well-instructed reader, positively read your ‘Georgics’ or ‘Æneid’ in that way?

dearly loved

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Do you, as a habit, scan as you go along?

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From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

one or the other of two

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

realize beforehand

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

yet to be or coming

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading O dear! and can you, courteous and well-instructed reader, positively read your ‘Georgics’ or ‘Æneid’ in that way?

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Do you, as a habit, scan as you go along?

the act of departing

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

an established custom

From this reading Do you, as a habit, scan as you go along?

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

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

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

a verse line having six metrical feet

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

be or come between

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

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

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

for more time

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

not any; not one

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

amounting to a large indefinite number

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading O dear! and can you, courteous and well-instructed reader, positively read your ‘Georgics’ or ‘Æneid’ in that way?

the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

extremely

From this reading O dear! and can you, courteous and well-instructed reader, positively read your ‘Georgics’ or ‘Æneid’ in that way?

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

a person who enjoys reading

From this reading O dear! and can you, courteous and well-instructed reader, positively read your ‘Georgics’ or ‘Æneid’ in that way?

plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

release, as from one's grip

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

recurring with measured regularity

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58

From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

examine minutely or intensely

From this reading Do you, as a habit, scan as you go along?

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

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From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

term of address for a man

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

express in words

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

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

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

a source of difficulty

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

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From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere

From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

literature in metrical form

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

a Roman poet; author of the epic poem “Aeneid” (70-19 BC)

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading O dear! and can you, courteous and well-instructed reader, positively read your ‘Georgics’ or ‘Æneid’ in that way?

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

in the company of; together with

From this reading is a model of condensation, brevity, smoothness, and _netteté_, compared with that sprawling bit of rhythmical prose into which I have turned it.

without justice or fairness

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action

From this reading But we are going to be learned, my dear sir; so I release your kind ears, and beg you will no longer trouble either yourself or them--but, some one, I foresee, of the numerous well-instructed future readers of this private correspondence will interpose with his or her objection, and will tell me, You read your Latin verse wrongly, you don’t put the stress upon the _ictus_--you should pronounce Virgil like Evangeline, Evangeline is the true hexameter; in Virgil the colloquial accent which you follow was lost in the accent of verse.

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From this reading The Romans of old read it, not Ut bélli signum Laurénti Túrnus ab árce. but Ut belli signúm.

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

From this reading O dear! and can you, courteous and well-instructed reader, positively read your ‘Georgics’ or ‘Æneid’ in that way?