Virgil

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Etymology

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

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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.

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Further reading

  • “Virgil”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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