Virgilius

Latin

Etymology

Altered in spelling possibly by folk etymology association with virga (“rod, wand”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wirˈɡi.li.us/, [wɪrˈɡɪ.li.ʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.li.us/, [virˈd͡ʒiː.li.us]

Proper noun

Virgilius m (genitive Virgiliī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Later spelling of Vergilius

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Virgilius
Genitive Virgiliī
Virgilī1
Dative Virgiliō
Accusative Virgilium
Ablative Virgiliō
Vocative Virgilī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • Virgilius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Virgilius in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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