Chapter XV · Chapter 15

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From this reading 264-240.

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From this reading 264-240.

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

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

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

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

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

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

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

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

a brother by marriage

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

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From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

the shore of a sea or ocean

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

represented in words especially with sharpness and detail

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

(Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.

-ing form of “flee” — run away quickly

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

past form of “found” — set up or found

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

a female deity

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

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

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

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

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

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

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

social deportment

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

plural of “merchant” — a businessperson engaged in retail trade

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

plural of “nation” — a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

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

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

plural of “phoenician” — a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language

From this reading THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

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

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

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 We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

Identical; not different.

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

the act of spending or disbursing money

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

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

From this reading THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

in an exhaustive manner

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

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

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

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

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

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

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading THE FIRST PUNIC WAR.

plural of “war” — the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

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

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

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

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

at the time that

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

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

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.

which person or people

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

morally bad in principle or practice

From this reading Dido, the queen who was said to have founded Carthage when fleeing from her wicked brother-in-law at Tyre, is thought to have been an old goddess, and the religion and manners of the Carthaginians were thoroughly Phoenician, or, as the Romans called them, Punic.

in the company of; together with

From this reading We are now come to the time when Rome became mixed up in wars with nations beyond Italy.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading There was a great settlement of the Phoenicians, the merchants of the old world, at Carthage, on the northern coast of Africa, the same place at which Virgil afterwards described AEneas as spending so much time.