Virgil

See also: virgil

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːdʒɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɝdʒɪl/

Proper noun

Virgil

  1. Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.
    Coordinate term: Horace
  2. (mainly US) A male given name from Latin.
    • 1985, Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days, Penguin, published 1990, →ISBN:
      A wedding dance at the Avon Ballroom on July 22nd for Mary Paterek and Virgil Loucks (imagine, a youth named Virgil, he must be the youngest Virgil in Minnesota, maybe the last of the Virgil line).

Translations

Further reading
  • “Virgil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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