• VIRGIN

1. s. virgo (unmarried woman, whether young or old, παρθένος): puella (κόρη, young woman, whether married or not; e.g., Nero’s wife Octavia, twenty years old, Tac., Ann., 14, 64). ☞ Virago is a strong masculine young woman, an Amazon.

2. adj., virgineus (of or belonging to a virgin): virginalis (characteristic of a virgin; e.g., verecundia).