LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

virgātus

virgātus (feminine virgāta, neuter virgātum)
Classical[wɪrˈɡaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[virˈɡaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivemade of twigs
  2. adjectivestriped

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevirgātusvirgātavirgātum
genitivevirgātīvirgātaevirgātī
dativevirgātōvirgātaevirgātō
accusativevirgātumvirgātamvirgātum
ablativevirgātōvirgātāvirgātō
vocativevirgātevirgātavirgātum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevirgātīvirgātaevirgāta
genitivevirgātōrumvirgātārumvirgātōrum
dativevirgātīsvirgātīsvirgātīs
accusativevirgātōsvirgātāsvirgāta
ablativevirgātīsvirgātīsvirgātīs
vocativevirgātīvirgātaevirgāta

virgātus, a, um, adj. id..
I. Made of twigs or osiers: calathisci, Cat. 64, 320. —
II. (Acc. to virga, II. C.) Striped: sagula, Verg. A. 8, 660: vestes, Sil. 4, 155: tigris, Sen. Hippol. 344; id. Herc. Oet. 146; cf.: virgato corpore tigris, Sil. 5, 148: nurus, in striped garments, Val. Fl. 2, 159.

Origins

From virga (“twig, switch”).

Descendants
  • Englishvirgate
  • Frenchvergé
  • Italianvergato
  • Romanianvărgat
  • Megleno-Romanianvirgat

In English words that came into English from virgātus

  • virgatevirgātus
  • virgatedvirgātus

Quick answers

What does virgātus mean in Latin?
virgātus, a adjective, means “made of twigs; striped”.
How do you pronounce virgātus?
In classical Latin, [wɪrˈɡaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [virˈɡaː.tus].