Vergilianus

Latin

Etymology

From Vergilius +‎ -anus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯er.ɡiˈli.a.nus/, [u̯ɛrɡɪˈlʲiänʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ver.d͡ʒiˈli.a.nus/, [verd͡ʒiˈliːänus]

Adjective

Vergiliānus (feminine Vergiliāna, neuter Vergiliānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to the poet Virgil, Virgilian
   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Instituto Oratoria 1.3.13:

     ‘habendumque in animo semper illud Vergilianum: adeo in teneris consuescere multum est.’

     ‘‘and we must never forget the words of Virgil, "So strong is custom formed in early years."’’

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Vergiliānus	Vergiliāna	Vergiliānum		Vergiliānī	Vergiliānae	Vergiliāna
Genitive	Vergiliānī	Vergiliānae	Vergiliānī		Vergiliānōrum	Vergiliānārum	Vergiliānōrum
Dative	Vergiliānō		Vergiliānō		Vergiliānīs
Accusative	Vergiliānum	Vergiliānam	Vergiliānum		Vergiliānōs	Vergiliānās	Vergiliāna
Ablative	Vergiliānō	Vergiliānā	Vergiliānō		Vergiliānīs
Vocative	Vergiliāne	Vergiliāna	Vergiliānum		Vergiliānī	Vergiliānae	Vergiliāna

Descendants

• English: Virgilian
• Italian: virgiliano
• Swedish: vergiliansk

References

• “Vergilianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press