Virgil

See also: virgil

English

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Alternative forms

• Vergil

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːdʒɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝdʒɪl/

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).

3. A settlement in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
4. A place in the United States:
   1. A township and village therein, in Kane County, Illinois.
   2. A minor city in Greenwood County, Kansas.
   3. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cortland County, New York.
   4. A small town in Beadle County, South Dakota.
   5. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.

Translations

Roman writer

• Afrikaans: Vergilius
• Albanian: Vergili
• Aragonese: Virchilio
• Armenian: Վերգիլիոս (Vergilios), Վիրգիլիոս (Virgilios)
• Asturian: Virxiliu m
• Bulgarian: Верги́лий m (Vergílij)
• Catalan: Virgili m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 维吉尔 (zh) (Wéijí'ěr)

• Dutch: Vergilius m
• Esperanto: Virgilio (eo), Vergilio
• Finnish: Vergilius
• French: Virgile (fr)

  Middle French: Vergile

• Galician: Virxilio (gl) m
• German: Vergil
• Greek: Βιργίλιος (el) (Virgílios), Βεργίλιος (el) (Vergílios)
• Hungarian: Vergilius (hu)
• Icelandic: Virgill (is) m
• Indonesian: Vergilius
• Italian: Virgilio (it)
• Japanese: ウェルギリウス (werugiriusu)
• Latin: Vergilius, Virgilius
• Latvian: Vergilijs m
• Lithuanian: Vergilijus m
• Malay: Vergil
• Middle English: Vyrgyle
• Polish: Wergiliusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Virgílio (pt) m
• Romanian: Virgiliu m
• Russian: Верги́лий (ru) (Vergílij)
• Slovene: Vergilij (sl) m
• Spanish: Virgilio (es)
• Swedish: Vergilius
• Ukrainian: Вергі́лій m (Verhílij), Верґі́лій m (Vergílij)
• Welsh: Fferyll m
• Yiddish: ווירגיל m (virgil), ווערגיל (vergil)

male given name

• Greek: Βιργίλιος (el) m (Virgílios)
• Italian: Virgilio (it)
• Japanese: ヴァージル (vājiru), バージル (bājiru)
• Romanian: Virgiliu, Virgil (ro)
• Russian: Вёрджил m (Vjórdžil) (transliteration)

Further reading

• “Virgil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.