Vergilius
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- Virgilius (late and mediaeval Latin)
Etymology edit
From Vergilus + -ius, from Etruscan.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯erˈɡi.li.us/, [u̯ɛrˈɡɪlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈd͡ʒi.li.us/, [verˈd͡ʒiːlius]
Proper noun edit
Vergilius m sg (genitive Vergiliī or Vergilī); second declension
- The poet Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil.
Declension edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ 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