Virgil

See also: virgil

English

Alternative forms

Vergil

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Virgil

Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70-19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.
(mainly US) A male given name.
- 1985,Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days, Penguin (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).

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 (Virgílios), Βεργίλιος (Vergílios)
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)
Yiddish: ווירגיל‎ m (virgil), ווערגיל‎ (vergil)

male given name

Italian: Virgilio (it)
Romanian: Virgiliu, Virgil (ro)

Russian: Вёрджил m (Vjórdžil) (transliteration)

Further reading

Virgil at OneLook Dictionary Search

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