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Vergil   /vˈərdʒəl/   Listen
Vergil

noun
1.
A Roman poet; author of the epic poem 'Aeneid' (70-19 BC).  Synonyms: Publius Vergilius Maro, Virgil.






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"Vergil" Quotes from Famous Books



... mother only, although in low Latin, such as the Vulgate, we find 1 John v. 2, "Natos Dei," "born of God." But the Author of the plays, who instead of having "small Latin and less Greek" knew "All Latin and very much Greek," was well aware that Vergil, Aeneid i. 654 (or 658 when the four additional lines are inserted at the beginning) gives us "Maxima natarum Priami," "greatest of the daughters of Priam," and in Aeneid ii. 527 "Unus natorum Priami," "one of the ...
— Bacon is Shake-Speare • Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence



Words linked to "Vergil" :   Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro, poet



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