Virgil
See also: virgil
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, of unknown meaning.
Proper noun
Virgil
- Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70-19 B.C.E.), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.
- (mainly US) A male given name from Latin.
- 1985,Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days, Penguin (1990) →ISBN
- A wedding dance at the Avon Ballroom on July 22nd for Mary Paterek and Virgil Loucks (imagine, a youth named Virgil, he must be the youngest Virgil in Minnesota, maybe the last of the Virgil line).
- 1985,Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days, Penguin (1990) →ISBN
Translations
Roman writer
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male given name
Further reading
- “Virgil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.