Vergilian
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Vergilian
1505–15; < Latin Virgiliānus; see -an
Example Sentences
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Above its entrance was engraved a Vergilian tag, "Procul este, profani, "which freely translates as "Closed to non-experts."
From Time Magazine Archive
There are eleven Poussins in this show, and their cumulative effect has a Vergilian magnificence.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the revival side by side of Homeric and Vergilian study it is easy to see the reflection of two currents of contrasted sentiment which are telling on the world around us.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard
It has many imaginative phrases, and the meticulous exactness of its miniature work might seem to be Vergilian were it not for the unrelieved plainness of the theme.
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
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