Virgil
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Virgil¹
- /ˈvɜːdʒɪl/ UK
- /ˈvɝdʒɪl/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English Vyrgyle, from Latin Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, from Etruscan and of unknown meaning.
proper noun Vergil
- Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.
- A male given name from Latin. 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).
- A settlement in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
- A township and village therein, in Kane County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Greenwood County, Kansas.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Cortland County, New York.
- A small town in Beadle County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
virgil²
Where it comes from
An anglicization of French virgule, from Latin virgula.
noun virgils
- Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩. There be five manner of points and divisions most used among cunning men; the which if they be well used, make the sentence very light and easy to be understood, both to the reader and hearer: and they be these, virgil,—come,—parenthesis,—plain point,—interrogative... it is a slender stroke leaning