Vergilian

American  

[ver-jil-ee-uhn, -jil-yuhn] / vərˈdʒɪl i ən, -ˈdʒɪl yən /

Or Virgilian

adjective

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.

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Vergilian British  

/ vəˈdʒɪlɪən /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of Virgilian

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Other Word Forms

• pre-Vergilian adjective
• pseudo-Vergilian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Vergilian

1505–15; < Latin Virgiliānus; -an

Example Sentences

There are eleven Poussins in this show, and their cumulative effect has a Vergilian magnificence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Above its entrance was engraved a Vergilian tag, "Procul este, profani, "which freely translates as "Closed to non-experts."

From Time Magazine Archive

Was it an elaborate jest at the expense of Giovanni, the writer of Vergilian verse?

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

Quite Vergilian is the repression of the shout of victory.

From Vergil A Biography by Frank, Tenney

He illustrated his views by an amusing "hexametrical dialogue," conducted alternately in Vergilian measure and "in that of Longfellow."

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald