virgatus

Latin

Etymology

From virga (“twig, switch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡaː.tus/, [u̯ɪrˈɡäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈɡa.tus/, [virˈɡäːt̪us]

Adjective

virgātus (feminine virgāta, neuter virgātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. made of twigs
2. striped

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	virgātus	virgāta	virgātum		virgātī	virgātae	virgāta
Genitive	virgātī	virgātae	virgātī		virgātōrum	virgātārum	virgātōrum
Dative	virgātō		virgātō		virgātīs
Accusative	virgātum	virgātam	virgātum		virgātōs	virgātās	virgāta
Ablative	virgātō	virgātā	virgātō		virgātīs
Vocative	virgāte	virgāta	virgātum		virgātī	virgātae	virgāta

Related terms

• virga
• virgātor
• virgētum

• virgeus
• vīrgidēmia

Descendants

• English: virgate
• French: vergé
• Italian: vergato
• Romanian: vărgat

References

• “virgatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “virgatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• virgatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• virgatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.