Virgilius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯irˈɡi.li.us/, [u̯ɪrˈɡɪlʲiʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.li.us/, [virˈd͡ʒiːlius]

Proper noun

Virgilius m sg (genitive Virgiliī or Virgilī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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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