virginitas, virginitatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
maidenhood; virginity; being girl of marriageable age; being sworn to celibacy;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | virginitas | virginitates |
| Gen. | virginitatis | virginitatum, virginitatium |
| Dat. | virginitati | virginitatibus |
| Acc. | virginitatem | virginitates |
| Voc. | virginitas | virginitates |
| Abl. | virginitate | virginitatibus |
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...idem cultus et expleto teneri iam fine pudoris virginitas matura toris annique tumentes. sed quantum virides pelagi Venus..."- G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...ipse pater cum matre, quibus parere necesse est. virginitas non tota tua est, ex parte parentum est, tertia..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aeterna mihi carituraque fine dabatur, si mea virginitas Phoebo patuisset amanti. dum tamen hanc sperat, dum praecorrumpere donis..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lacrimis movere piis nec cura sororis nec mea virginitas nec coniugialia iura? omnia turbasti; paelex ego facta sororis..."