virginitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

virgĭnĭtas, ātis, f. [virgo],

I maidenhood , virginity , Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; Verg. A. 12, 141; Ov. M. 1, 487; 1, 695; 3, 255; Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 154; Stat. Ach. 1, 292; Val. Fl. 6, 449; Ap. Met. 5, 4, 3.—

II Transf., concr. = virgines (late Lat.): adulta virginitas castitasque nuptarum flens ultima ducebatur, Amm. 31, 8, 8.

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