noun #1325

Vergĭlĭus

gen. Vergĭlii · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(not ; the form Ver- is supported by the ancient MSS. and inscriptions in unbroken succession, to the fourth century A.D.; v. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 779 sq.)

the name of a Roman; belonging to the poet Vergil; Vergilian •

the name of a Roman gens; so, esp., P. Vergilius Maro, a celebrated Roman poet, Hor. C. 1, 3, 6; 1, 24, 10; 4, 12, 13; id. S. 1, 5, 40.—Hence, Vergĭlĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Vergil, Vergilian: virtus, Plin. praef. § 22: illud, Quint. 1, 3, 13: VERGILIANVS POëTA, a writer of a cento of Vergilian verses, Inscr. Grut. 64, 5.

Perseus ID: n50545 Key: Vergilius