VIR 
VIR 
VIR 
Joined with epithets of praise ; rarely 
with those of blame.) — lienee, the 
man, h. e. he. Cic. Vidisti virum ? Te- 
rent. Hoc male liabet virum. {Homo is 
used in the same manner.) — And also, 
manhood, virility, generative power or or¬ 
gan. Catull. Membra sine viro. —— 
IT Also, a man, h. e. a man grown, one 
grown up to man’s estate. Ovid. Met. 
13,397. Pucroque viroque. —— If Also, 
the man, h. e. the husband; in which 
sense it is often used. Terent. Quid 
viro meo respondebo, misera! Cic. 
Hanc Cleomenes vir amabat. Lin. Se- 
°ratis viri alieni adsuefacta sermoni- 
nus. Horal, Nec vereor, ne vir rule 
recurrat. Petron. Matrona cum virum 
extulisset, &c. Also of beasts; as, 
Virg. Vir gregis ipse caper. Martial. 
Viri capellarum. - IT Also, a man, 
h. e. a genuine man, one who acts and 
thinks as a man, a magnanimous man, a 
brave man, a man of fortitude, &<-. Cic. 
Plane vir. Id. Ita et tulit dolorem, ut 
vir: et ut homo, majorem ferre sine 
causa necessaria noluit. Id. Te oro, te 
colligas, virumque prrebeas, show your¬ 
self a man. Senec. Non sentire mala 
sua, non est hominis (of a man, h. e. a 
human being) : et non ferre, non est 
viri (of a man, h. e. a manly man). Jus¬ 
tin. Et quemadmodum Dario majorem 
turbam hominum (of men) esse, sic vi- 
rorum (of true, brave men) sibi. Ovid. 
Male vir, unmanly. Ilorat. Si quid in 
Flacco viri est. — Hence, it may often 
be rendered, a hero-, as, Virg. Multa 
viri virtus. Id. Arma virumque cano. 
— Hence, also, manliness, manly conduct. 
Horat. Si quid in Flacco viri est (see 
above). — Also, a man, h. e. one who is 
chaste, lives chastely. Sueton. Ego tamen 
vir sum. Ovid. Si quis male vir qurerit 
habere virum. -IT Also, an infantry¬ 
man, foot-soldier, when joined with cav¬ 
alry. Liv. Equites virique. Hence, 
Cic. Equis virisque, with all one’s power, 
with might and main; properly, with cav¬ 
alry and infantry. So, also, Id. Equis 
viris (sc. fugiam), with all my might. 
-IT It is often used where it could 
have been omitted; as, Virg. Teucri 
que viri.-IT It often stands for ho¬ 
mo ; as, Virg. Vis nulla virum. - 
IT Gcnit. Virum, for virorum. Virg. 
&c. 
VIRAG5 (vir), inis, f. a woman having the 
3 qualities of a man, a masculine woman, 
female warrior , heroine, &c. appevomby, 
avTiaveipa. Plant. Ego emero matri 
tus ancillam viraginera aliquam, li. e. 
robust, and able to work like a man. Ovid. 
calls Pallas, Bello metuenda virago, 
and Flava virago, h. c. heroine ; unless 
it stands simply for virgo. Lactant. 
Hercules viraginem vicit, h. e. Ama- 
zonem. -If Also, for virgo. Virg. 
Juturna virago. So, Senec. Diva virago, 
h. e. Diana. So, also, Pallas is called 
(see above). 
VIRaTuS (vir), a, urn, adj. of a manly 
3 spirit. Varr. ap. JTon. 
VIRaTOS (Id.), us, m. manly conduct. 
3 Sidon. 
VIRBIOS (vir & bis), ii, m. h. e. twice a 
man; a name of Hippolytus, the son of 
Theseus, who had been torn in pieces by 
horses, and restored to life again. Ovid. — 
His son is also so called. Virg. 
VIRBIOS clivus, a hill in Rome. Liv. 
1, 48. Drakenb., for which Urbhis is 
now read. 
V7RECTUM, i, n. same as Virctum. Pru¬ 
dent. 
VIRENS, tis, particip. from vireo. - 
If Adj. green , verdant. Horat. Cultor 
rirentis ageili. Id. hedera. Hence, 
Virentia, things which are green or ver¬ 
dant, h e. trees and plants, vegetables. 
Colum -IT Figur. green, lively, active, 
bloomino-, youthful. Sil. 7Evi flora virens. 
Slat. Jam senior, sed mente virens. 
Horat. paella. So, also. Id. Od. 1, 9, 
17. Donee virenti canities abest, h. e. 
juveni. 
tfIRES (possibly from vis, but the quan¬ 
tity of vires seems to be an objection), 
es, ui, n. 2. to be green, to be verdant, 
SdXXco, xAod^co. Cic. Itaque et arbores, 
et vites, et ea qu® sunt humiliora, alia 
semper virent, alia, &c. Virg. Fronde 
virere nova. Ovid. Summa (montis) 
virent pinu. Martial. Illic Taygeti vi¬ 
rent metalla (A. e. Spartan marble, which 
was green). Ovid. Pectora felle virent. 
-If Figur. to be green, h. e. to be 
fresh, lively, vigorous, strong; to flour¬ 
ish, be in good condition. Ilorat. Dum 
virent genua. Liv: Vegetum ingenium 
in vivido pectore vigebat, virebatque 
integris sensibus. Ovid. Serpens solet 
squama virere recenti, h. e. to appear 
lively or to shine. Id. Cum juvenilibus 
annis luxuriant animi, corporaguafip'sa 
virent. 
VIRES, onis, m. a bird , according to#oBie,, 
the greenfinch. Pirn. 
VIRES, Turn, Ibus, f. plur. of Fis, yvhicii 
see. 
VIRESCS (incept, from vireo), is, h. 3. 
2 to become green, ^aXs-Siu, •S'dAAw, Virg. 
Injussa virescunt gramina. Senec. Lau- 
ro fores lret® virescant. -If Hence, 
figur. to come forth green, shout forth 
vigorously. Lucret. De nihiloque rena- 
ta virescat copia rerum. — Ai^o, to ac¬ 
quire strength, become strong , be invig¬ 
orated, grow. Furius apjji -Gell. Incres- 
cunt animi, virescit vuln^re virtus (but 
as the i is here long, the word should 
perhaps be derived from vires). 
VIReTUM (vireo), i, n. a green place or 
3 place covered with green grass or trees, a 
green or verdant sjiot, rrapadeiaop. Virg. 
Amosna vireta nemorum. — Figur. of 
emeralds (smaragdi), which are green. 
Martian. Capell. Diadema, cui neque 
scythidis vireta, &c. 
VIRGA (Id.), re, f. a branch, especially a 
slim and slender one; a long twig, 
young and slender branch, osier, &c. 
whether cut otf or not, pa/JJoj. Cato. 
Virgas murteas cum baccis servare. 
Varr. Punica mala, cum hrerent in sua 
virga, si demiseris in ollam, &c. Ovid. 
Ut quatitur tepido fraxina virga Noto. 
Virg. Turea virga. Hence, a graft or 
scion. Ovid. Also, a small branch or 
twig, which is set into the ground that it 
may become a tree. —Especially a slender 
branch or rod cut oft" from the tree; a 
rod, staff, switch, twig, wand, &c. Thus, 
Ovid. Viscata virga, a lime-twig. Juve¬ 
nal. Metuens virga?, in awe of the rod. 
Plaut. Aliqtiem virgis verberare. Id. 
fragm. Virgis ulmeis corpus inscribed, 
with elm-rods. Liv. I’opilius legatus 
virga circumscripsit regein. Ovid. Tar- 
quinius virga lilia summa metit. Mar¬ 
tial. Damnatre spongia virgte, h. e. of a 
stick with a sponge at. the end, used in baths 
for cleansing up filth. Hence, Ovid. 
Virga hurnum verrere, A. e. a broom of 
rods. So, also, the magic rod or wand. 
Virg. and Ovid. Especially, the magic 
rod or wand of Mercury, the caduccus, 
with which, for instance, he raised 
from the lower world or sent thither the 
souls of the departed ; with this too he 
put Argus to sleep. Virg. and Ovid. 
(See Virg. JEn. 4, 242, sqq.) In par¬ 
ticular, the lictors who preceded certain 
magistrates, carried rods (virgee), with 
which they scourged malefactors, es¬ 
pecially before beheading them ; thus, 
Cic. Virgis aliquem ad necem credere. 
Plin. Habere jus virgarum in aliquem. 
Liv. Virgis credi ac securi percuti. It 
was also usual when a magistrate ap¬ 
proached a house, for the lictor to rap 
upon the door. Thus, Liv. Forem vir¬ 
ga percutere. Hence, Martial. Nobili 
virga vatis Castaliam doinum sonare. 
Poetically, Virga (sing.), for fasces. 
Ovid, 'l'rist. 5, 6, 32. Virgas are also 
used of flax, namely, stalks, wisps. Plin. 
-H Hence, a streak like a rod; as in 
the sky, an imperfect rainbow not curved 
but. straight, and in the neighborhood of 
the sun. Senec. Also, any streak or 
stripe ; as, Ovid. Pallida purpureis tin- 
gat sua corpora virgis, A. e. wear gar¬ 
ments striped with purple; unless it be, 
stain or tattoo their bodies with purple. 
VIRGAT5R (virga), oris, m. one who beats 
3 with rods ; a whipper, paSSigrov. Plaut. 
VIRGaTOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. streaked, 
3 striped, variegated, paPSiord;. Virg. 
Virgatis lucent sagulis. Sil. Auro vir- 
gat* vestes. Id. Caucasiam instratus 
virgato corpora tigrim, A. e. spotted. 
Val. Flacc. Virgata nurus, A. e. stained, 
066 
tattooed. -IT Also, consisting of rodi 
or twigs, or platted from them. Catull. 
calathisci. 
VIRGeTUM (Id.), i, n. a place where rods 
or osiers grow, or a place full of bushes, 
fiaPSiov. Cic. e xii. tab. 
VIRGEOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. of rods, twigs, 
2 or osiers, pafiiivdg. Virg. supellex. 
Id. flainma, A. e. ex virgis accensis fac¬ 
to. Colum. crates. Id. sepes. Hence, 
-substfV irgea, orum, for virgre. Calp. 
: -ofTM. 
VriiGIDEMIX, or VIRGINDEMIX, te, f. 
.ojAStvcrrt facetiously formed in imitation 
■ Sr vindemia, and signifying a rod-harvest. 
WfPluut. 
ViRGILI7E. See Vcrgilia. 
VIRG ILI aN OS, a, uni. See Virgilius. 
VIRGILI5CENT5 (Virgilius & Cento), 
3 onis, m. a poem composed of verses 
gleaned from Virgil, llieron. 
VIRGILIOS, ii, m. P. Virgilius Maro, the 
celebrated poet, a native of Andes, a vil¬ 
lage near Mantua. He was born oil the 
ides of October, A. U. C. 684, and died 
in 735. — Hence, Virgilianus, a, urn, 
adj. Virgilian, belonging to or proceeding 
from Virgil. Quintil. Habendum in 
animo illud Virgilianum (sc. dictum). 
VIRGINAL, alis, n. See Virginalis. 
VIRGINALIS (virgo), e, adj. of or per¬ 
taining to a virgin, maidenly, virgin-like, 
virgin, virginal, napSeviKOs. Cic. TEnea 
signa virginaii liabitu atque vestitu. 
Id. Homo virginaii verecundia. Id. e 
Sophocle. Virgiualem ploratum edere, 
A. c. to cry like a maiden. Plaut. Feles 
virginalis, A. e. virginum raptor. Hence, 
Virginaie (sc. membrum), and the 
shorter form Virginal. Phaidr. and 
Prudent. 
VIRGINARIGS (Id.), a, urn, adj. of or 
3 pertaining to virgins or maidens. Plaut. 
feies, A. e. virginum raptor. 
VIRGINDeMIX. See Virgidemia. 
VIRGINeNSIS, or VIRGINIENSIS, is, 
3 sc. dea, f. dea, qure praeerat zonre nov» 
nuptae solvendre. Augustin. 
VIRGINE0S (virgo), a, um, adj. of or 
3 pertaining to a virgin or maiden, maiden¬ 
ly, virgin, virginal, virgin-like, Trapfc- 
vcios, napSevucd;. Tibult. figura. Senec. 
decor. Propcrt. gymnasium, A. e. in quo 
exeicebantur virgines apud Spartanos. 
Tibull. pudor. Virg. rubor. Ovid, favil- 
la, A. e. rogus, in quo virginis cadaver 
crematum est. Horat. sagitta (Diana). 
Virg. vultus (of the Haipies). Ovid. 
volucres, A. e. the Harpies. Propert. 
urnte, A. e. Danaidum. Id. focus, the 
fire of Vesta. Ovid, ara, sacred to Vesta. 
Martial, domus, A. e. of the vestals. 
Martial, aurum, A. e. the golden wreath, 
which the victor received at the games of 
Minerva. - IT Also, of or pertaining 
to the water Virgo. Ovid. aqua. Id. 
liquor. 
VIRGINIA, re, f. See Virginius. 
VIRGINISVEND5NIDES (virgo & ven- 
3 do), a fictitious word, A. e.\ a seller oj 
maidens. Plaut. 
VIRGINITAS (virgo), atis, f. virginity, 
maidenhood, maidhood, chastity, napSt- 
via, Kope'ta. Cic. Qua patr.em dicitur 
interemisse virginitatem suarn violare 
conantem. Virg. Hunc illi rex atheris 
altus honorem Jupiter erepta pro vir- 
ginitate sacravit. Plin. Anaxilaus auc- 
tor est, mammas a virginitate illitas 
semper staturas. Val. Flacc. Medea 
opibus magicis, et virginitate tremen- 
da, A. e. terribilis ob virginitatem, qua 
dilecta erat Ilecats magic® arl!3 dea;. 
Ovid, (de Diana) Laudant, dignamque 
severa virginitate vocant, A. e. because 
she punished Actreon who saw her 
naked. Flor. Ne quid de virginitatis 
integritate delibasse saltern oculis vide- 
retur. Stat. Virginitas matura toris. 
VIRGINQR (virgo), aris, dep. 1. to act or 
3 behave as a virgin. Tertull. 
VIRGINIDS, a, um, a Roman gentile name. 
— As an adj. Virginian. — As a subst. 
Virginius, ii, m. the name of a man. 
Virginia, re, f. the name of a woman , 
the daughter of the centurion L. Virginius; 
she was stabbed by her father with a butch¬ 
er’s knife, because he had no other way 
of protecting her from the decemvir Ap- 
plus. Liv. 
VIRG5 (vireo), Inis, f. a virgin or maid. 
