acclaimverbUS /əˈkleɪm/
praise vociferously
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
anguishnounUS /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/
extreme mental distress
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
articulateverbUS /ɑːrˈtɪkjəleɪt/
provide with a joint
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
callest
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From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
a young person of either sex
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
ChorusnounUS /ˈkɔːrəs/
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading _Chorus._ Hearest thou what the ox-horned maiden saith?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
defiledadjective
morally blemished; stained or impure
From this reading Speak to his child By grief and shame defiled!
dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
father'snounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
goadverbUS /ɡoʊd/
give heart or courage to
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading Speak to his child By grief and shame defiled!
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
Hearest
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From this reading _Chorus._ Hearest thou what the ox-horned maiden saith?
hearkenverb
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
Here's
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From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Speak to his child By grief and shame defiled!
How
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From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
Inachus's
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From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
IonounUS /ˈaɪoʊ/
(Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
lashedverbUS /læʃt/
past form of “lash” — beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
love-warms
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From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
maddeningadjectiveUS /ˈmædənɪŋ/
extremely annoying or displeasing
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading _Chorus._ Hearest thou what the ox-horned maiden saith?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
ox-horned
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From this reading _Chorus._ Hearest thou what the ox-horned maiden saith?
phrensied
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From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
pierceverbUS /pɪrs/
cut or make a way through
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
PrometheusnounUS /prəˈmiːθiːəs/
(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
saith
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From this reading _Chorus._ Hearest thou what the ox-horned maiden saith?
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading Speak to his child By grief and shame defiled!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
express in speech
From this reading Speak to his child By grief and shame defiled!
inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Chorus._ Hearest thou what the ox-horned maiden saith?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading _Chorus._ Hearest thou what the ox-horned maiden saith?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Io._ Who taught thee to articulate that name,-- My father's?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
unawareadjectiveUS /ˌʌnəˈwer/
(often followed by “of”) not aware
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
unendingadjectiveUS /əˈnendɪŋ/
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Chorus._ Hearest thou what the ox-horned maiden saith?
which person or people
From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
the words that are spoken
From this reading Who art thou, victim, thou who dost acclaim Mine anguish in true words on the wide air, And callest too by name the curse that came From Here unaware, To waste and pierce me with its maddening goad?
Zeus's
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From this reading _Prometheus._ How could I choose but hearken what she saith, The phrensied maiden?--Inachus's child?-- Who love-warms Zeus's heart, and now is lashed By Here's hate along the unending ways?
