Vergilius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vergilus +‎ -ius, from Etruscan.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯erˈɡi.li.us/, [u̯ɛrˈɡɪlʲiʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈd͡ʒi.li.us/, [verˈd͡ʒiːlius]

Proper noun

Vergilius m sg (genitive Vergiliī or Vergilī); second declension

  1. The poet Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vergilius
Genitive Vergiliī
Vergilī1
Dative Vergiliō
Accusative Vergilium
Ablative Vergiliō
Vocative Vergilī

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

Derived terms
  • Vergiliānus

Descendants
  • → Middle English: Vyrgyle
    • English: Virgil
  • → Italian: Virgilio

References
  1. VIRGIL, VIRGILE, VIRGILIUS - http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/UV/virgil.htm
  • “Vergilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Vergilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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