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.
virgin (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. virgo (used in apposition)2. virgĭnālis, e3. virgĭneus (poet.)4. virgĭnārius (only in Plaut.). a v.-cat (i. e., v.-stealer), v. feles, Pl. Pers. 4, 9, 14. Cf. virginisvendonides (a v.-seller), id. 4, 6, 20. See also foll. artt. • virgin (adj.): 1. virgo (used in apposition): a v.-daughter, v. filia, Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63. the v.-goddess (i. e. Diana), v. dea, Ov. M. 12, 28: v.-soil, terra v., Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52. 2. virgĭnālis, e: v.-modesty, v. verecundia, Cic.: v. maidenly (I.): a v.-cat (i. e., v.-stealer), v. feles, Pl. Rud. 3, 4, 43. 3. virgĭneus (poet.): Ov. Hor.: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v. 4. virgĭnārius (only in Plaut.). a v.-cat (i. e., v.-stealer), v. feles, Pl. Pers. 4, 9, 14. Cf. virginisvendonides (a v.-seller), id. 4, 6, 20. See also foll. artt.
VIRGIN Copy link • 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).