Vergilius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vergilus +‎ -ius, from Etruscan.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /werˈɡi.li.us/, [wɛrˈɡɪ.li.ʊs]

Proper noun

Vergilius m sg (genitive Vergiliī or Vergilī); second declension

  1. The poet Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil.

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Vergilius
Genitive Vergiliī
Vergilī1
Dative Vergiliō
Accusative Vergilium
Ablative Vergiliō
Vocative Vergilī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms
  • Vergiliānus

Descendants

References
  1. VIRGIL, VIRGILE, VIRGILIUS - http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/UV/virgil.htm
  • Vergilius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Vergilius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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