virgo

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Inflection 1.1.2 Related terms 1.1.3 Descendants 2 Tok Pisin 2.1 Noun

[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

virgō (genitive virginis); f, third declension

1. maid, maiden, virgin, sexually intact woman (compare puella).
   • Cicero, On the Commonwealth 2:37:63

   virgo filia,

   virgin daughter

2. of particular virgins; of Diana
   • Horatius Flaccus, Carmina 1:12:22
3. (by extension) of young women;
   • Ovid, Loves 6:133
4. (by extension) of male virgins; in the Church Fathers
5. (by extension) of things; adjectival appellative for unwedded, pure, unused
   • Pliny the Elder, Natural History 33:3:15:52

   terra virgo

   untilled soil

Example

• Terence (Terentius), Adelphoe (The Brothers)

Mater virginis in medio est.

The maiden's mother is alive.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	virgō	virginēs
genitive	virginis	virginum
dative	virginī	virginibus
accusative	virginem	virginēs
ablative	virgine	virginibus
vocative	virgō	virginēs

[edit] Related terms

virginālis virginārius virgineus

virginor virginitās

[edit] Descendants

English: virgin French: vierge Galician: virxe Italian: vergine

Papiamentu: vírgen Portuguese: virgem Spanish: virgen

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[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Noun

virgo

1. Virgin.