virga

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

virga: ae, f. root varg; v. virgo,
I a slender green branch, a twig, sprout, switch, rod.
I Lit.
   A In gen., Cato, R. R. 101; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 4; Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 136; 24, 19, 112, § 172; Verg. G. 1, 266; Ov. M. 3, 29; 11, 109.—
   B In partic.
   1    A graft, scion, set, Ov. M. 14, 630.—
   2    A limetwig, Ov. M. 15, 474.—
   3    A rod, switch for flogging, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 117; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10; id. Cas. 5, 4, 24; for governing horses, etc.: virga quā ad regendum equum usus est, Front. 4, 5, 16; Val. Max. 3, 2, 12: nobilis equus umbrā quoque virgae regitur, Curt. 7, 4, 18; Mart. 9, 22, 14; cf. Luc. 4, 683; Juv. 3, 317.—Of the small rods in the fasces of the lictors, with which criminals were scourged, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161; Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136.—Hence, poet., for fasces, as a designation of one of the higher magistrates, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 32; Stat. S. 1, 2, 47; Mart. 8, 66, 4.—
   4    A wand, a staff, as a support, Liv. 45, 12; Ov. F. 2, 706.—
   5    A magic wand, Verg. A. 7, 190; Ov. M. 14, 278; 14, 295; 14, 300.—
II Transf.
   A A stalk of the flax-plant, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17.—
   B A streak, stripe in the heavens, a water-gall, Sen. Q. N. 1, 9 and 10.—
   C A colored stripe in a garment: purpureae, Ov. A. A. 3, 269. —
   D A twig or branch of the ancestral tree, Juv. 8, 7.—
   E Genitalium, = membrum virile, Cassiod. Anim, 9.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

virga,⁹ æ, f.,
1 petite branche mince, verge, baguette : Cato Agr. 101 ; Plin. 17, 136 ; Virg. G. 1, 266
2 [en part.] a) rejeton, scion, bouture : Ov. M. 14, 630 ; b) gluau, pipeau : Ov. M. 15, 474 ; c) baguette, verge pour battre [emploi fréquent chez les comiques, v. Pl. Capt. 650, etc. ] ; [en part.] cravache : Val. Max. 3, 2, 12 ; Curt. 7, 4, 18, etc. || [not^t] pl., verges en faisceaux des licteurs : virgas expedire Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 161, dénouer le faisceau de verges, préparer les verges ; [d’où] virga = fasces Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 32 ; Stat. S. 1, 2, 47 ; Mart. 8, 66, 4 ; d) baguette magique : Virg. En. 7, 190 ; Ov. M. 14, 278 ; Arcadia virga Stat. Th. 2, 70, baguette de Mercure
3 [fig.] a) tige de lin : Plin. 19, 17 ; b) verge, bande colorée : [dans le ciel] Sen. Nat. 1, 9, 1, etc. ; [dans un vêtement] Ov. Ars 3, 269 ; c) branche de l’arbre généalogique : Juv. 8, 7.