While up the crag AEneas climbs, to gain / full prospect far and wide, and scan the distant main. / If aught of Phrygian biremes he discern / Antheus or Capys, tost upon the seas, / or arms of brave Caicus high astern.
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Astern
//əˈstɝn//
Synonyms for "astern" (28 found)
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Translations
12 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- зад adj (behind (adj))
- зад кърмата adv (backwards)
- назад adv (backwards)
Czech
1 entries- dozadu adv (backwards)
Finnish
3 entries- perän puolella adj (behind (adj))
- takana adj (behind (adj))
- taakse adv (backwards)
German
2 entries- achterlich adj (behind (adj))
- achtern adv (backwards)
Spanish
3 entries- a popa adj (behind (adj))
- detrás adj (behind (adj))
- hacia atrás adv (backwards)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
We'd be making sail in the dawn, with a fair breeze, singing a chanty song wid no care to it. And astern the land would be sinking low and dying out, but we'd give it no heed but a laugh, and never look behind.
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Full astern!
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Half astern!
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