Triton, Cymothoe from the rock's sharp brow / push off the vessels. Neptune plies amain / his trident-lever, lays the sandbanks low, / on light wheels shaves the deep, and calms the billowy flow.
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Amain
//əˈmeɪn//
Synonyms for "amain" (28 found)
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7 translations across 2 languages.
Russian
4 entries- бы́стро adv (at full speed)
- и́зо всех сил adv (with all of one’s might — see also mightily, forcefully)
- на полной скорости adv (at full speed)
- си́льно adv (with all of one’s might — see also mightily, forcefully)
Spanish
2 entries- a toda velocidad adv (at full speed)
- con todas sus fuerzas adv (with all of one’s might — see also mightily, forcefully)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
There, reft of arms, poor Troilus, rash to dare / Achilles, by his horses dragged amain, / hangs from his empty chariot. Neck and hair / trail on the ground; his hand still grasps the rein; / the spear inverted scores the dusty plain.
Source: tatoeba (6791169)
Now too, with shouts of fury and disdain / to see the maiden rescued, here and there / the Danaans gathering round us, charge amain; / fierce-hearted Ajax, the Atridan pair, / and all Thessalia's host our scanty band o'erbear.
Source: tatoeba (6824582)
We furl the sails, and shoreward row amain. / Eastward the harbour arches, scarce descried. / Two jutting rocks, by billows lashed in vain, / stretch out their arms the narrow mouth to hide. / Far back the temple stands, and seems to shun the tide.
Source: tatoeba (7242968)
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