Virgo

See also: virgo

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Leo		Libra
English Wikipedia has an article about Virgo.

Virgo constellation map

Etymology

From Latin virgō (“maiden, virgin”). Doublet of virgin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː.ɡəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.ɡoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

Proper noun

Virgo (symbol ♍︎)

2. (astronomy): A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.
   • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Now, masters, draw. [They shoot.] O, well said, Lucius! Good boy, in Virgo’s lap.

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 30:

     The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude. [...] The whole resembles more a cup than the human figure; but when we remember the symbolic meaning of the cup, that seems to be an obvious explanation of the name Virgo, which the constellation has borne since the earliest times.

4. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).
5. A surname.

Derived terms

• Virginis
• Virgoan

Related terms

• (astronomy): Vir (abbreviation)

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: بُرْج الْعَذْرَاء m (burj al-ʕaḏrāʔ), الْعَذْرَاء f (al-ʕaḏrāʔ), السُّنْبُلَة f (as-sunbula)
• Armenian: Կույս (Kuys)
• Azerbaijani: Qız
• Bulgarian: Дева f (Deva)
• Burmese: ကန် (my) (kan)
• Catalan: Verge (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 室女座 (zh) (Shìnǚzuò)

• Coptic: ⲑⲟⲩⲙⲉ (thoume)
• Cornish: an Wyrghes
• Danish: Jomfruen
• Dutch: Maagd (nl) f
• Finnish: Neitsyt (fi)
• French: Vierge (fr) f
• German: Jungfrau (de) f
• Greek: Παρθένος (el) f (Parthénos)

  Ancient: Παρθένος f (Parthénos)

• Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה (he) (betulá)
• Hindi: कन्या (hi) (kanyā)
• Hungarian: Szűz (hu)
• Irish: an Mhaighdean f
• Italian: Vergine (it) f
• Japanese: 乙女座 (ja), おとめ座 (ja) (おとめざ, otomeza)
• Kazakh: Бикеш (Bikeş)
• Latin: Virgo (la) f
• Latvian: Jaunava f
• Lithuanian: Mergelė f
• Macedonian: Де́вица f (Dévica)
• Malay: Mayang, Sunbulat, Virgo
• Maltese: Verġni
• Middle Persian: 𐭤𐭥𐭱𐭪 (hʿšk)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jomfruen (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: Jomfrua f

• Persian: خوشه (fa) (xuše),دوشیزه (fa) (dušize)
• Polish: Panna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Virgo (pt) f
• Romanian: Fecioara f (def. form)
• Russian: Де́ва (ru) f (Déva)
• Sanskrit: कन्या (sa) f (kanyā)
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaighdeann f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дева f

  Roman: Deva f

• Slovene: Devica (sl) f
• Spanish: Virgo (es) m
• Swedish: Jungfrun (sv)
• Tagalog: Dalaga
• Telugu: కన్యారాశి (te) (kanyārāśi), కన్య (te) (kanya)
• Turkish: Başak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ді́ва f (Díva)
• Welsh: Y Forwyn f

astrological sign

• Afrikaans: Maagd
• Albanian: Virgjëresha f
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْعَذْرَاء m (burj al-ʕaḏrāʔ), العذراء f
• Armenian: Կույս (Kuys)
• Asturian: Virxe f, Virgo
• Azerbaijani: Qız
• Bashkir: Ҡыҙ (Qıź)
• Bulgarian: Дева f (Deva)
• Burmese: ကန် (my) (kan)
• Catalan: Verge (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 處女座／处女座 (zh) (chǔnǚzuò)

• Cornish: an Wyrghes
• Czech: Panna (cs) f
• Danish: Jomfruen
• Dutch: Maagd (nl) f
• Finnish: Neitsyt (fi)
• French: Vierge (fr)
• Georgian: ქალწული (kalc̣uli)
• German: Jungfrau (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: Παρθένος f (Parthénos)

• Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה (he) (betulá)
• Hindi: कन्या (hi) f (kanyā)
• Hungarian: Szűz (hu)
• Irish: an Mhaighdean f
• Italian: Vergine (it) f
• Japanese: 処女宮 (ja) (しょじょきゅう, shojokyū)
• Kazakh: Бикеш (Bikeş)
• Khmer: កញ្ញា (km) (kaññaa)
• Latin: Virgo (la) f
• Latvian: Jaunava f
• Lithuanian: Mergelė
• Luxembourgish: Jongfra (lb) f
• Macedonian: де́вица (mk) f (dévica)
• Malay: Mayang, Sunbulat, Virgo
• Maltese: Verġni
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jomfruen (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: Jomfrua f

• Persian: دوشیزه (fa) (dušize)
• Polish: Panna (pl)
• Portuguese: Virgem (pt)
• Romanian: Fecioară f
• Russian: Де́ва (ru) f (Déva)
• Sanskrit: कन्या (sa) f (kanyā)
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaighdeann f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дева f

  Roman: Deva f

• Slovene: Devica (sl) f
• Spanish: Virgo (es)
• Swahili: Sumbula, Mashuke
• Swedish: Jungfrun (sv)
• Tagalog: Dalaga
• Telugu: కన్యారాశి (te) (kanyārāśi), కన్య (te) (kanya)
• Thai: กันย์ (th) (gan)
• Turkish: Başak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ді́ва f (Díva)
• Welsh: Yr Wyryf f

Noun

Virgo (plural Virgos)

1. Someone with a Virgo star sign

Synonyms

• Virgoan

Antonyms

• Pisces

Translations

Someone with a Virgo star sign

• Bulgarian: де́ва (bg) f (déva)
• Catalan: verge (ca) m or f, virgo (ca) m or f
• Danish: jomfru c
• Dutch: maagd (nl)
• French: Vierge (fr)
• Macedonian: девица (mk) f (devica)
• Norwegian: jomfru (no)
• Portuguese: virginiano
• Romanian: fecioară (ro) f (zodie)
• Russian: де́ва (ru) f (déva)
• Swedish: jungfru (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ді́ва f (díva)

See also

Zodiac signs in English (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Anagrams

• vigor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ir.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯ɪrɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.ɡo/, [ˈvirɡo]

Etymology 1

See virgō.

Proper noun

Virgō f sg (genitive Virginis); third declension

1. (astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Virgō
Genitive	Virginis
Dative	Virginī
Accusative	Virginem
Ablative	Virgine
Vocative	Virgō

Descendants

• Italian: Vergine

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Virgō m sg (genitive Virgōnis); third declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Persa by Plautus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Virgō
Genitive	Virgōnis
Dative	Virgōnī
Accusative	Virgōnem
Ablative	Virgōne
Vocative	Virgō

Portuguese

Proper noun

Virgo f

1. (astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Spanish

Proper noun

Virgo m

1. (astronomy, astrology) Virgo (constellation)
2. (astrology) Virgo (zodiac sign)