virgo

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Etymology [edit]

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virgō (genitive virginis); f, third declension

  1. a maid, maiden, virgin, sexually intact woman (compare puella)
    • c. 51-54 BCE, Cicero, De re publica 2.37.63
      […] cum Decimus quidam Verginius virginem filiam propter unius ex illis X viris intemperiem in foro sua manu interemisset
      […] that a certain Decimus Virginius was obliged, on account of the libidinous violence of one of these decemvirs, to stab his virgin daughter in the midst of the forum
    • c. 160 BCE, Terence Adelphoe,
      Mater virginis in medio est.
      The maiden's mother is alive.
  2. (by extension) a young woman, girl
  3. (by extension, Ecclesiastical, of the Church Fathers) a male virgin
  4. (by extension, of things) an adjectival appellative for unwedded, pure, unused

Inflection [edit]

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

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Etymology [edit]

Latin virgo

Noun [edit]

virgo

  1. Virgin.
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