Vergilius
Latin
Alternative forms
- Virgilius (late and mediaeval Latin)
Etymology
From Vergilus + -ius, from Etruscan.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯erˈɡi.li.us/, [u̯ɛrˈɡɪlʲiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈd͡ʒi.li.us/, [verˈd͡ʒiːlius]
Proper noun
Vergilius m sg (genitive Vergiliī or Vergilī); second declension
- The poet Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil.
Declension
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
Descendants
References
- ^ VIRGIL, VIRGILE, VIRGILIUS - http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/UV/virgil.htm
- “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