Virgo

From Latin virgō (“maiden, virgin”). Doublet of virgin.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː.ɡəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.ɡoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

Virgo (symbol ♍︎)

1. (astronomy): A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.
   • c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Now, masters, draw. [They shoot.] O, well said, Lucius! Good boy, in Virgo’s lap.

2. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).
3. A surname.

• Virginis
• Virgoan

• (astronomy): Vir (abbreviation)

Virgo (plural Virgos)

1. Someone with a Virgo star sign

• Virgoan

• Pisces

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}

• vigor

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ir.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯ɪrɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.ɡo/, [ˈvirɡo]

See virgō.

Virgō f sg (genitive Virginis); third declension

1. (astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Italian: Vergine

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Virgō m sg (genitive Virgōnis); third declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Persa by Plautus

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Virgo f

1. (astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Virgo m

1. (astronomy, astrology) Virgo (constellation)
2. (astrology) Virgo (zodiac sign)