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Virgil

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Vir·gil also Ver·gil  (vûrjl) Originally Publius Vergilius Maro. 70-19 b.c.
Roman poet. His greatest work is the epic poem Aeneid, which tells of the wanderings of Aeneas after the sack of Troy.
Vir·gili·an (vûr-jl-n, -jlyn) adj.
Virgil, Vergil [ˈvɜːdʒɪl]
n
(Biographies / Virgil (70 bc-19 bc) M, Roman, WRITING: poet) Latin name Publius Vergilius Maro. 70-19 bc, Roman poet, patronized by Maecenas. The Eclogues (42-37), ten pastoral poems, and the Georgics (37-30), four books on the art of farming, established Virgil as the foremost poet of his age. His masterpiece is the Aeneid (30-19)
Virgilian , Vergilian adj
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Noun1.VirgilVirgil - a Roman poet; author of the epic poem `Aeneid' (70-19 BC)
Publius Vergilius Maro, Vergil
Translations
Virgil [ˈvɜːdʒɪl] N → Virgilio
Virgil
n → Vergil(ius) m, → Virgil m
Virgil [ˈvɜːdʒɪl] n → Virgilio
Virgil [ˈvɜːdʒɪl] n → Virgilio


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But, as they are merely school-boys now, their business is to construe Virgil.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Hence Virgil, through the mouth of Dido, excuses the inhumanity of her reign owing to its being new, saying:
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
When not engaged in reading Virgil, Homer, or Mistral, in parks, restaurants, streets, and suchlike public places, he indited sonnets (in French) to the eyes, ears, chin, hair, and other visible perfections of a nymph called Therese, the daughter, honesty compels me to state, of a certain Madame Leonore who kept a small cafe for sailors in one of the narrowest streets of the old town.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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