virgin (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. virgo, ĭnis, f.2. innupta puella • virgin (subs.): 1. virgo, ĭnis, f.: he ordered Sabine v.s to be carried off, Sabinas v. rapi jussit, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 12: a Vestal v., Vestalis v., ib. 2, 14, 26: grown up v.s, grandes v., Mart. 3, 58, 40 (cf. adulta v., Hor. Od. 3, 2, 8). The Virgin Mary, *Virgo, Hier. Also (of the constellation), Virgo, Arat. in Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 110. 2. innupta puella: cf. Virg. G. 4, 476. Also innupta absol., Cat. 62 (64), 78. Phr.: to be a v., virum non habere, cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 25, 64: as far as I am concerned, she is a v., a me pudica est, Pl. Curc. 1, 1, 51: to remain a v., thalami expertem vitam degere, Virg. Aen. 4, 550: I remain a v., innuba permaneo, Ov. M. 14, 141: to act (or play) the v., virginari, Tert.: a v.'s funeral pile, virginea favilla, Ov. M. 13, 697: cf. virgineum gymnasium [i. e. of the Spartan virgins], Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13). 2. The foll. epithets occur: intacta, Virg.: intemerata, id.: integra, Cic.: innupta, Virg.: innuba, Ov.: nuptiarum expers, Hor.