Vergilius

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ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλοςnature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Οὐεργίλιος, ὁ.

Latin > English

Vergilius Vergili N M :: Vergil; (Roman gens name); [P. Vergilius Maro => poet Vergil 70-19 BC]
Vergilius Vergilius Vergilia, Vergilium ADJ :: Vergilius; (Roman gens); [P. Vergilius Maro => poet Vergil 70-19 BC]

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Vergĭlĭus: (not Virgĭlĭus; the form Ver- is supported by the ancient MSS. and inscriptions in unbroken succession, to the fourth century A.D.; v. Ritschl, Opusc. Phil. 2, 779 sq.), ii, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens; so, esp., P. Vergilius Maro, a celebrated Roman poet, Hor. C. 1, 3, 6; 1, 24, 10; 4, 12, 13; id. S. 1, 5, 40.—Hence, Vergĭlĭ-ānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Vergil, Vergilian: virtus, Plin. praef. § 22: illud, Quint. 1, 3, 13: VERGILIANVS POËTA, a writer of a cento of Vergilian verses, Inscr. Grut. 64, 5.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Vergīlĭus,¹⁰ ĭī, v. Virgilius.

Latin > German (Georges)

Vergilius, iī, m., ein röm. Familienname. Bekannt ist bes. der Dichter P. Vergilius Maro, geb. 70 v. Chr. zu Andes bei Mantua, gest. 19 v. Chr. in Brundisium, Verfasser der Äneis, der Georgika, der Eklogä usw., s. Quint. 10, 1, 85 sqq.: bl. Publius, Sidon. epist. 5, 13, 3: bl. Maro, s.d. – Vergilium Platonem poëtarum (den Pl. = den Weisen unter den D.) vocabat, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 31, 4. Vgl. W. Teuffel Gesch. der röm. Liter.6 § 224–231. – Dav. Vergiliānus, a, um, vergilianisch, des Vergilius, descriptio, Sen. suas. 3, 5: virtus, Plin. nat. hist. praef. § 22: versus, Eutr. 9, 13: Iuturna, bei Vergil, Apul. de deo Socr. 11. – subst., illud Vergilianum, jener bekannte Ausspruch des Vergil, Quint. 1, 3, 13. Lact. 2, 10, 16: Vergilianum illud, Sen. n. qu. 4. praef. § 19. – / Über die für die klassische Zeit allein richtige Schreibung Vergilius s. Wagner Orthogr. Vergil. p. 479. Ritschl Opusc. 2, 779 ff.; später auch Virgilius, zB. Beda de art. metr. 231, 22 K. Schol. Iuven. 7, 227.