Virgo
See also: virgo
English
editLeo | Libra | |
English Wikipedia has an article about Virgo. |
Etymology
editFrom Latin virgō (“maiden, virgin”). Doublet of virgin.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜː.ɡəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝ.ɡoʊ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ
Proper noun
editVirgo (symbol ♍︎)
- (astronomy): A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- Now, masters, draw. [They shoot.] O, well said, Lucius! Good boy, in Virgo’s lap.
- 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 30:
- The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude. [...] The whole resembles more a cup than the human figure; but when we remember the symbolic meaning of the cup, that seems to be an obvious explanation of the name Virgo, which the constellation has borne since the earliest times.
- (astrology): The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).
- A surname.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- (astronomy): Vir (abbreviation)
Translations
editconstellation
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astrological sign
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Noun
editVirgo (plural Virgos)
- Someone with a Virgo star sign
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editTranslations
editSomeone with a Virgo star sign
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See also
editZodiac signs in English · zodiac (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Aries | Taurus | Gemini | Cancer | ||||||||
Leo | Virgo | Libra | Scorpio | ||||||||
Sagittarius | Capricorn | Aquarius | Pisces |
Anagrams
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ir.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯ɪrɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvir.ɡo/, [ˈvirɡo]
Etymology 1
editSee virgō.
Proper noun
editVirgō f sg (genitive Virginis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Virgō |
genitive | Virginis |
dative | Virginī |
accusative | Virginem |
ablative | Virgine |
vocative | Virgō |
Descendants
edit- Italian: Vergine
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
editVirgō m sg (genitive Virgōnis); third declension
- a male given name, character in the play Persa by Plautus
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Virgō |
genitive | Virgōnis |
dative | Virgōnī |
accusative | Virgōnem |
ablative | Virgōne |
vocative | Virgō |
Portuguese
editProper noun
editVirgo f
Spanish
editProper noun
editVirgo m
See also
editZodiac signs in Spanish · signo del zodíaco (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Aries | Tauro | Géminis | Cáncer | ||||||||
Leo | Virgo | Libra | Escorpio | ||||||||
Sagitario | Capricornio | Acuario | Piscis |
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