virga

virga ae, f

VERG-, a slender green branch, twig, sprout : rubea, V.: viscata, i. e. a lime-twig , O.— A graft, scion, set : fissā cortice virgam Inserit, O.— A rod, switch, scourge : equus umbrā virgae regitur, switch , Cu.: commotā virgā, plied , Iu.: virgis ad necem caedi.—Poet., for fasces, as a designation of one of the higher magistrates, O.— A wand, staff, cane : virgā circumscripsit regem, L.: virgā lilia summa metit, O.— A magic wand : tetigit summos virgā dea capillos, O., V.— In cloth, a colored stripe : purpureae, O.—In a family tree, a twig, branch , Iu.