Vergilius

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vergilus +‎ -ius, from Etruscan.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vergilius m sg (genitive Vergiliī or Vergilī); second declension

  1. The poet Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vergilius
Genitive Vergiliī
Vergilī1
Dative Vergiliō
Accusative Vergilium
Ablative Vergiliō
Vocative Vergilī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: Vyrgyle
    • English: Virgil
  • Italian: Virgilio

References[edit]

  • Vergilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Vergilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers