Then opes the casks, which good Acestes, fain / at parting, filled on the Trinacrian beach, / and shares the wine, and soothes their drooping hearts with speech.
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Fain
//feɪn//
Synonyms for "fain" (103 found)
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Verb(11 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (51)
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Translations
8 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- доволен adj (glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative)
Czech
2 entries- rád adj (glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative)
- spokojený adj (glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative)
Dutch
1 entries- tevreden adj (glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative)
Finnish
2 entries- tyytyväinen adj (glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative)
- juhlia verb ((Germanic paganism) to celebrate or worship; to offer an oblation which is not a sacrificial blót — see also celebrate, worship)
Hungarian
1 entries- elégedett adj (glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative)
Macedonian
1 entries- задоволен adj (glad, contented, or satisfied to do something in the absence of a better alternative)
Sample sentences
46 total sentences available.
"And now already from the heaven's high steep / the dewy night wheels down, and sinking slow, / the stars are gently wooing us to sleep. / But, if thy longing be so great to know / the tale of Troy's last agony and woe, / the toils we suffered, though my heart doth ache, / and grief would fain the memory forego / of scenes so sad, yet, Lady, for thy sake / I will begin," and thus the sire of Troy outspake:
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"But when Ulysses, fain / to weave new crimes, with Tydeus' impious son / dragged the Palladium from her sacred fane, / and, on the citadel the warders slain, / upon the virgin's image dared to lay / red hands of slaughter, and her wreaths profane, / hope ebbed and failed them from that fatal day, / the Danaans' strength grew weak, the goddess turned away. / No dubious signs Tritonia's wrath declared."
Source: tatoeba (6813957)
As when a wounded bull / shakes from his neck the faltering axe and, fain / to fly the cruel altars, roars in pain.
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