virgo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

virgō inis, f

VERG-, a maid, maiden, virgin : illa Vestalis: bellica, i. e. Pallas , O.: Saturnia, i. e. Vesta , O.: virgo filia: dea, i. e. Diana , O.: notae Virginum poenae, i. e. of the Danaides , H.: Virginum absolutio, i. e. of the Vestals : Virgines sanctae, the Vestals , H.: Iam redit et Virgo, i. e. Astrœa , V.— A young female, young woman, girl : infelixV.: Virgines nuptae, H., O.— A constellation, the Virgin, Virgo , C.—In the phrase, Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct in Rome, now Fontana Trevi : artūs Virgine tinguit aquā, O.; cf. gelidissima Virgo, O.

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