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
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hanc vicini nostri aram augeam. da sane hanc virgam lauri. abi tu intro. SYR. Eo.— DOR. Apollo, quaeso..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...modo basiis olidissimis inquinavit, donec Quartilla, ballaenaceam tenens virgam alteque succincta, iussit infelicibus dari missionem. <. . .> Vterque nostrum religiosissimis..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."