Virgilius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Vergilius; altered in spelling possibly by folk-etymological association with virga (“rod, wand”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯irˈɡi.li.us/, [u̯ɪrˈɡɪlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.li.us/, [virˈd͡ʒiːlius]
Proper noun edit
Virgilius m sg (genitive Virgiliī or Virgilī); second declension
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin, proscribed) Later spelling of Vergilius
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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