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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2071.uirgō on page 2071
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virgō maiden
virgō is a Latin Noun that primarily means maiden.
Definitions for virgō
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
maiden, virgin
English derivatives:
virgin virginal virginity Virginia
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A girl of marriageable age. (b) used attrib., also of animals; of time of life; transf., of flowers).
- 2
A woman who is sexually intact, a virgin; (also, masc., applied to a man without sexual experience). (b) (usu. attrib., of unmated animals; also of the meat from such animals). (c) (transf., used attrib. of things that have not been used).
- 3
A woman existing in a (permanent) state of virginity: (a) (applied to goddesses or sim.). (b) (applied to priestesses, esp. Vestal virgins); ~o (Vestalis) maxima, the oldest and senior Vestal virgin.
Sentences with virgō
Latin to English
Virgō pulchra amicōs mōrum bonōrum amat.Compare The beautiful maiden loves friends of good character.
Litterās ad virginem scrībit.Compare He is writing a letter to the maiden.
Ō virgō, nōn tibi est vultus mortālis.Compare O maiden, you do not have the face of a mortal.
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo; favete linguis. Carmina non prius audita Musarum sacerdos virginibus puerisque canto.Compare I hate the uninitiated crowd and bid them avaunt. Listen all in silence! Strains unheard before I, the Muses' hierophant, now chant to maidens and to boys.
Tum septem et viginti virgo, longus indutus vestis carmen in Juno regina canens eo.Compare Then seven and twenty virgins, clad in a long robe, went singing a song in honour of Juno the queen of the gods,
Virginem vitiasti quam te non ius fuerat tangere.Compare You assaulted a girl whom you had no right no touch.
Declension table for virgō
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | virgō | virginēs |
| Gen. | virginis | virginum |
| Dat. | virginī | virginibus |
| Acc. | virginem | virginēs |
| Abl. | virgine | virginibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 45.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2071.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "virgō, virginis (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/virgo-virginis.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 45.virgō, virginis on page 45
