English

Noun

virga ‎(countable and uncountable, plural virgas or virgae)

1. (music, uncountable) A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail.
2. (meteorology, countable) A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer.
3. (measurement, countable) A unit of length: a rod, pole or perch (5½ yards); or a unit of area: a square rod, pole or perch.

Synonyms

• (musical note): virgula

Translations

See also

• virga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “virga” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

Catalan

Noun

virga f ‎(plural virgues)

1. (meteorology) virga

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin virgō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvir.ɡa/

Adjective

virga ‎(accusative singular virgan, plural virgaj, accusative plural virgajn)

1. virgin, virginal

Estonian

Adjective

virga

1. Genitive singular form of virk.

Interlingua

Etymology

Italian verga, French verge, Spanish verga, and Portuguese virga.

Noun

virga ‎(plural virgas)

1. rod
2. (nautical) yard
3. (vulgar) dick

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin virga.

Noun

virga f

1. whip
2. strap

Latin

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ ‎(“flexible rod or stick”). Possibly cognate to Old Norse visk and Old High German wisc ‎(“bundle, sheaf”).^[1]

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwir.ɡa/, [ˈwɪr.ɡa]

Noun

virga f ‎(genitive virgae); first declension

1. twig, switch
2. rod, switch for flogging.
3. staff, walking stick
4. wand (magical)
5. (figuratively, vulgar) ****

virga f

1. vocative singular of virga

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwir.ɡaː/, [ˈwɪr.ɡaː]

Noun

virgā f

1. ablative singular of virga

References

• virga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• virga in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VIRGA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “virga”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to beat with rods: virgis caedere
    
• virga in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

1. ↑ “verga” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2