virgam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →virga, virgae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
twig, sprout, stalk; switch, rod; staff, wand; stripe/streak; scepter (Plater);
acc. sg.
Examples
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hanc vicini nostri aram augeam. da sane hanc virgam lauri. abi tu intro. SYR. Eo.— DOR. Apollo, quaeso..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...modo basiis olidissimis inquinavit, donec Quartilla, ballaenaceam tenens virgam alteque succincta, iussit infelicibus dari missionem. <. . .> Vterque nostrum religiosissimis..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...terram rapido pariter cum flamine portant. tum virgam capit: hac animas ille evocat Orco pallentis, alias sub Tartara..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...spatiantia passim bracchia conpescit, fisso modo cortice virgam inserit et sucos alieno praestat alumno; nec sentire sitim patitur..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sibi credens, non alta fronde virentem ilice detraxit virgam: virga aurea facta est; tollit humo saxum: saxum quoque..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Exigit Odrysii fata cruenta ducis. Ille levi virga (virgam nam forte tenebat) Quod rogat, in spisso litore pingit..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...sortesque ut qui maxime observant: sortium consuetudo simplex. Virgam frugiferae arbori decisam in surculos amputant eosque notis quibusdam..."