Virgil

See also: virgil

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning.

Proper noun

Virgil

  1. Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.
    Coordinate term: Horace
  2. (mainly US) A male given name from Latin.
    • 1985, Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days, Penguin, published 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).

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Further reading
  • Virgil at OneLook Dictionary Search
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