Virgilius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vergilius; altered in spelling possibly by folk-etymological association with virga (“rod, wand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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.
| 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