LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

virāgō

virāgō f (genitive virāginis)
Classical[wɪˈraː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[viˈraː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. a female warrior, a warlike woman
  2. a woman
  3. a wife

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Virgo · Puella · Virago

Virgo is an unmarried woman, whether young or old, in opp. to mulier, like παρθένος; whereas puella, a young woman, whether married or not; for instance, Nero’s wife, Octavia, twenty years old, in Tac. Ann. xiv. 64, like κόρη; virago, a masculine, strong, heroic, young woman; for instance, the Amazones, ἀντιάνειραι.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevirāgōvirāginēs
genitivevirāginisvirāginum
dativevirāginīvirāginibus
accusativevirāginemvirāginēs
ablativevirāginevirāginibus
vocativevirāgōvirāginēs

vĭrāgo, ĭnis, f. virgo,
I. a man-like, vigorous, heroic maiden, a female warrior, heroine, virago (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): virago aliqua ancilla, i. e. vigorous, stout, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 79: vos etenim juvenes animum geritis muliebrem, Illa virago viri, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61: virago Paluda, i. e. Minerva, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 510 Vahl.); so Ov. M. 2, 765; 6, 130; Stat. S. 4, 5, 23; id. Th. 11, 414; of Diana, Sen. Hippcl. 54; of Juturna, Verg. A. 12, 468; of an Amazon, Lact. 1, 9, 2; of Eve, Vulg. Gen. 2, 23.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
  3. Proto-Italic*wiros
  4. Latinvirāgō

Latin -āgō Latin virāgō From vir (“man”) + -āgō.

Descendants
  • Italianvirago
  • Englishvirago
  • Frenchvirago
  • GermanVirago
  • Portuguesevirago

Quick answers

What does virāgō mean in Latin?
virāgō, a noun, means “a female warrior, a warlike woman; a woman; a wife”.
What is the genitive of virāgō?
The genitive singular is virāginis. virāgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce virāgō?
In classical Latin, [wɪˈraː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [viˈraː.ɡo].
Where does virāgō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? → Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós → Proto-Italic *wiros → Latin virāgō.