Vyrgyle

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin Virgilius.

Proper noun

Vyrgyle

1. Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro)
   • 1490 June 22nd, William Caxton, The boke yf Eneydos, colophon:

     Here fynyssheth the boke yf Eneydos, compyled by Vyrgyle, whiche hathe be translated oute of latyne in to frenshe, And oute of frenshe reduced in to Englysshe, by me wyỻm Caxton, the xxij. daye of Iuyn. the yere of our lorde .M. iiij C ꝉxxxx. The fythe yere of the Regne of kynge Henry the seuenth.

     Here finishes the book of Aeneid, compiled by Virgil, which has been translated out of Latin into French, and out of French reduced into English, by me William Caxton, the 22nd day of June, in the year of our Lord 1490, the fifth year of the reign of King Henry the Seventh.

Descendants

• English: Virgil