Virgo

Virgo

See also: virgo

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Leo		Libra
English Wikipedia has an article about Virgo.

Virgo constellation map

Etymology

From Latin virgō (“maiden, virgin”). Doublet of virgin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː.ɡəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.ɡoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

Proper noun

Virgo (symbol ♍︎)

1. (astronomy): A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.
   • c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Now, masters, draw. [They shoot.] O, well said, Lucius! Good boy, in Virgo’s lap.

2. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).
3. A surname.

Derived terms

• Virginis
• Virgoan

Related terms

• (astronomy): Vir (abbreviation)

Translations

constellation

Arabic: بُرْج الْعَذْرَاء‎ m (burj al-ʿaḏrāʾ), الْعَذْرَاء‎ f (al-ʿaḏrāʾ) Armenian: Կույս (Kuys) Azerbaijani: Qız Bulgarian: Дева f (Deva) Burmese: ကန် (my) (kan) Catalan: Verge (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 室女座 (zh) (Shìnǚzuò) Coptic: ⲑⲟⲩⲙⲉ (thoume) Cornish: an Wyrghes Danish: Jomfruen Dutch: Maagd (nl) f Finnish: Neitsyt (fi) French: Vierge (fr) f German: Jungfrau (de) f Greek: Παρθένος (el) f (Parthénos) Ancient: Παρθένος f (Parthénos) Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה‎ (he) (betulá) Hindi: कन्या (hi) (kanyā) Hungarian: Szűz (hu) Irish: an Mhaighdean f Italian: Vergine (it) f Japanese: 乙女座 (ja), おとめ座 (ja) (おとめざ, otomeza) Kazakh: Бикеш (Bikeş) Latin: Virgo f Latvian: Jaunava f Lithuanian: Mergelė f Macedonian: Де́вица f (Dévica) Malay: Mayang, Sunbulat, Virgo Maltese: Verġni Middle Persian: 𐭤𐭥𐭱𐭪‎ (hʿšk) Norwegian: Bokmål: Jomfruen (no) m or f Nynorsk: Jomfrua f Persian: خوشه‎ (fa) (xūše),دوشیزه‎ (fa) (dūšīze) Polish: Panna (pl) f Portuguese: Virgo (pt) f Romanian: Fecioara f (def. form) Russian: Де́ва (ru) f (Déva) Sanskrit: कन्या (sa) f (kanyā) Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaighdeann f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Дева f Roman: Deva f Slovene: Devica (sl) f Spanish: Virgo (es) m Swedish: Jungfrun (sv) Tagalog: Dalaga Telugu: కన్యారాశి (te) (kanyārāśi), కన్య (te) (kanya) Turkish: Başak (tr) Ukrainian: Ді́ва f (Díva) Welsh: Y Forwyn f

astrological sign

Afrikaans: Maagd Albanian: Virgjëresha f Arabic: بُرْج اَلْعَذْرَاء‎ m (burj al-ʿaḏrāʾ), العذراء‎ f Armenian: Կույս (Kuys) Asturian: Virxe f, Virgo Azerbaijani: Qız Bashkir: Ҡыҙ (Qıð) Bulgarian: Дева f (Deva) Burmese: ကန် (my) (kan) Catalan: Verge (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 處女座／处女座 (zh) (chǔnǚzuò) Cornish: an Wyrghes Danish: Jomfruen Dutch: Maagd (nl) f Finnish: Neitsyt (fi) French: Vierge (fr) Georgian: ქალწული (kalc̣uli) German: Jungfrau (de) f Greek: Ancient: Παρθένος f (Parthénos) Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה‎ (he) (betulá) Hindi: कन्या (hi) f (kanyā) Hungarian: Szűz (hu) Irish: an Mhaighdean f Italian: Vergine (it) f Japanese: 処女宮 (ja) (しょじょきゅう, shojokyū) Kazakh: Бикеш (Bikeş) Khmer: កញ្ញា (km) (kaññaa) Latin: Virgo f Latvian: Jaunava f Lithuanian: Mergelė Luxembourgish: Jongfra (lb) f Macedonian: де́вица f (dévica) Malay: Mayang, Sunbulat, Virgo Maltese: Verġni Norwegian: Bokmål: Jomfruen (no) m or f Nynorsk: Jomfrua f Persian: دوشیزه‎ (fa) (dušize) Polish: Panna (pl) Portuguese: Virgem (pt) Romanian: Fecioară f Russian: Де́ва (ru) f (Déva) Sanskrit: कन्या (sa) f (kanyā) Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaighdeann f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Дева f Roman: Deva f Slovene: Devica (sl) f Spanish: Virgo (es) Swahili: Sumbula, Mashuke Swedish: Jungfrun (sv) Tagalog: Dalaga Telugu: కన్యారాశి (te) (kanyārāśi), కన్య (te) (kanya) Thai: กันย์ (th) (gan) Turkish: Başak (tr) Ukrainian: Ді́ва f (Díva) Welsh: Yr Wyryf f

Noun

Virgo (plural Virgos)

1. Someone with a Virgo star sign

Synonyms

• Virgoan

Antonyms

• Pisces

Translations

Someone with a Virgo star sign

Catalan: verge (ca) m or f, virgo (ca) m or f Danish: jomfru c Dutch: maagd (nl) French: Vierge (fr) Macedonian: девица f (devica) Norwegian: jomfru (no) Portuguese: virginiano Romanian: fecioară (ro) f (zodie) Russian: де́ва (ru) f (déva) Swedish: jungfru (sv) c Ukrainian: ді́ва f (díva)

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}

Anagrams

• vigor

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ir.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯ɪrɡoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.ɡo/, [ˈvirɡo]

Etymology 1

See virgō.

Proper noun

Virgō f sg (genitive Virginis); third declension

1. (astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Virgō
Genitive	Virginis
Dative	Virginī
Accusative	Virginem
Ablative	Virgine
Vocative	Virgō

Descendants

• Italian: Vergine

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Virgō m sg (genitive Virgōnis); third declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Persa by Plautus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Virgō
Genitive	Virgōnis
Dative	Virgōnī
Accusative	Virgōnem
Ablative	Virgōne
Vocative	Virgō

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Virgo f

1. (astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Virgo m

1. (astronomy, astrology) Virgo (constellation)
2. (astrology) Virgo (zodiac sign)

See also

Zodiac signs in Spanish (layout · text)
Aries ♈︎	Tauro ♉︎	Géminis ♊︎	Cáncer ♋︎
Leo ♌︎	Virgo ♍︎	Libra ♎︎	Escorpio ♏︎
Sagitario ♐︎	Capricornio ♑︎	Acuario ♒︎	Piscis ♓︎