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Virginius
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Latin
Etymology
Alteration of Verginius, possibly by folk etymology association with virgō (“maiden”). Compare the similar change from Vergilius to later Virgilius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪrˈɡɪ.ni.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [virˈd͡ʒiː.ni.us]
Proper noun
Virginius m (genitive Virginiī or Virginī, feminine Virginia); second declension
- alternative form of Verginius
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Virginius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Virginius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Virginius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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