Æneid

A form of Aeneid — A classic epic poem, written in Latin by Virgil in the 1st century BCE (between 29 and 19 BCE), that tells the legendary story of Aeneas fleeing Troy and settling in Italy as ancestor of the Romans.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Æneid (plural Æneids)

plural Æneids

  1. archaicArchaic form of Aeneid.

    The city of Cumea,^([sic]) the grotto of the Sybil, and the Temple of Apollo, were upon this height.—Behold the wood where the golden branch was gathered! The land of the Æneid surrounds you, and those fictions which genius has consecrated, are become recollections of which we yet seek the traces.

    1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[[Book XIII. Vesuvius and the plain of Naples.] Chap[ter] IV.] The extempore effusion of Corinna on the Plain of Naples.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 235
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APA

Æneid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%86neid

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Chicago

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