virgula, virgulae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small rod/stick/staff; shoot, small twig; streak, mark; comma; line in diagram;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | virgula | virgulae |
| Gen. | virgulae | virgularum |
| Dat. | virgulae | virgulis |
| Acc. | virgulam | virgulas |
| Voc. | virgula | virgulae |
| Abl. | virgula | virgulis |
Examples
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...mentionem, ex hoc ipso argumentum contra te sumam. Virgula solet fieri uitrea, striata uel pluribus angulis in modum..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...veteres grammatici ut non versus modo censoria quadam virgula notare et libros qui falso viderentur inscripti tamquam subditos..."