What does virgil mean?

Definitions for virgil
ˈvɜr dʒəlvir·gil

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Virgil, Vergil, Publius Vergilius Maronoun

    a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)

Wiktionary

  1. Virgilnoun

    Pblius Vergilius Mar (70-19 B.C.), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

  2. Virgilnoun

    Pūblius Vergilius Marō, Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

  3. Virgilnoun

    A male given name from Latin.

    A wedding dance at the Avon Ballroom on July 22nd for Mary Paterek and Virgil Loucks.

  4. Etymology: Virgilius, from the Roman clan name Vergilius, of unknown meaning.

Wikipedia

  1. Virgil

    Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; traditional dates 15 October 70 – 21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( VUR-jil) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, were attributed to him in ancient times, but modern scholars consider his authorship of these poems as dubious.Virgil's work has had wide and deep influence on Western literature, most notably Dante's Divine Comedy, in which Virgil appears as the author's guide through Hell and Purgatory.Virgil has been traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid is also considered a national epic of ancient Rome, a title held since composition.

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  1. virgil

    Virgil, also known as Publius Vergilius Maro, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three of his major works, the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the Epic of Aeneas, the Aeneid. His works had significant influence on Western literature, particularly on the development of epic poetry. In Dante's "Divine Comedy," Virgil appears as a guide through Hell and Purgatory.

Wikidata

  1. Virgil

    Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him. Virgil is traditionally ranked as one of Rome's greatest poets. His Aeneid has been considered the national epic of ancient Rome from the time of its composition to the present day. Modeled after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Aeneid follows the Trojan refugee Aeneas as he struggles to fulfill his destiny and arrive on the shores of Italy—in Roman mythology the founding act of Rome. Virgil's work has had wide and deep influence on Western literature, most notably the Divine Comedy of Dante, in which Virgil appears as Dante's guide through hell and purgatory.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Virgil

    great Latin poet, born near Mantua, author in succession of the "Eclogues," the "Georgics," and the "Æneid"; studied at Cremona and Milan, and at 16 was sent to Rome to study rhetoric and philosophy, lost a property he had in Cremona during the civil war, but recommended himself to Pollio, the governor, who introduced him to Augustus, and he went to settle in Rome; here, in 37 B.C., he published his "Eclogues," a collection of 10 pastorals, and gained the patronage of Mæcenas, under whose favour he was able to retire to a villa at Naples, where in seven years he, in 30 B.C., produced the "Georgics," in four books, on the art of husbandry, after which he devoted himself to his great work the "Æneid," or the story of Æneas of Troy, an epic in 12 books, connecting the hero with the foundation of Rome, and especially with the Julian family, and which was finished in 19 B.C.; on his deathbed he expressed a wish that it should be burned, and left instructions to that effect in his will; he was one of the purest-minded poets perhaps that ever lived (70-19 B.C.).

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  1. Virgil

    An old text-book writer. Had something to do with the AEneid.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. VIRGIL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Virgil is ranked #11466 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Virgil surname appeared 2,746 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Virgil.

    48.6% or 1,337 total occurrences were Black.
    35% or 961 total occurrences were White.
    12.7% or 349 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.4% or 66 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.8% or 22 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of virgil in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of virgil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of virgil in a Sentence

  1. Dave Michelson:

    Virgil Earp was the constable back before Virgil Earp brothers got here — Wyatt and Morgan — and Virgil Earp actually killed a cowboy out in front of the Palace, doc Holiday( played) cards here before they went to Tombstone.

  2. Juergen Hammerstaedt:

    It's a philosophical library of Epicurean texts from a time when this philosophy influenced the most important classical Latin authors, such as Virgil, Horace and Cicero, there needs to be much work before one can virtually unroll carbonized papyrus because one will have to develop a digital method that will allow us to follow the layers.

  3. Austin Beutner:

    I was asked yesterday by someone why I didn't just join teachers on the picket line, close our schools, and go to Sacramento( to) fight for more funding. Ninety percent of our funding comes from Sacramento, after all. ... It's a fair question, then I thought for a moment about Virgil Middle School and Telfair Elementary School.

  4. William Blake:

    To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am told so. What is it sets Homer, Virgil and Milton in so high a rank of art? Why is the Bible more entertaining and instructive than any other book? Is it not because they are addressed to the imagination, which is spiritual sensation, and but immediately to the understanding or reason?

  5. Lao Tzu:

    No day shall erase you from the memory of time. An inscription on a wall from 911 by Virgil Aeneid.

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