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Virgilian in a sentence
Virgilian meaning
Of or pertaining to Virgil (Roman writer)
Using Virgilian
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to Virgil (Roman writer)
Context around Virgilian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Virgilian
- In this selection, "virgilian" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 31.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vergilianae, typically, lots, intertext and comment stand out and add context to how "virgilian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a typically virgilian comment on and journey the virgilian intertext cambridge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "virgilian" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with virgilian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In what became known as the Sortes Vergilianae (Virgilian Lots), passages would be selected at random and interpreted to answer questions. (21 words)
Merely accepting this idea at face value is to mistake for a destination what Virgil clearly offered as the starting-point of a long and wondrous journey" ("The Virgilian Intertext", Cambridge Companion to Virgil, p. 229). (36 words)
Some of them would be difficult to complete, and in some instances, the brevity of a line increases its dramatic impact (some arguing the violent ending as a typically Virgilian comment on the darker, vengeful side of humanity). (38 words)
Some of them would be difficult to complete, and in some instances, the brevity of a line increases its dramatic impact (some arguing the violent ending as a typically Virgilian comment on the darker, vengeful side of humanity). (38 words)
Merely accepting this idea at face value is to mistake for a destination what Virgil clearly offered as the starting-point of a long and wondrous journey" ("The Virgilian Intertext", Cambridge Companion to Virgil, p. 229). (36 words)
In what became known as the Sortes Vergilianae (Virgilian Lots), passages would be selected at random and interpreted to answer questions. (21 words)
Example sentences (3)
In what became known as the Sortes Vergilianae (Virgilian Lots), passages would be selected at random and interpreted to answer questions.
Merely accepting this idea at face value is to mistake for a destination what Virgil clearly offered as the starting-point of a long and wondrous journey" ("The Virgilian Intertext", Cambridge Companion to Virgil, p. 229).
Some of them would be difficult to complete, and in some instances, the brevity of a line increases its dramatic impact (some arguing the violent ending as a typically Virgilian comment on the darker, vengeful side of humanity).