Virgil

American  

[vur-juhl] / ˈvɜr dʒəl /

noun

1. Vergil.

2. a male given name.

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Virgil British  

/ ˈvɜːdʒɪl /

noun

1. Latin name Publius Vergilius Maro. 70–19 _bc , Roman poet, patronized by Maecenas. The Eclogues (42–37), ten pastoral poems, and the Georgics (37–30), four books on the art of farming, established Virgil as the foremost poet of his age. His masterpiece is the Aeneid (30–19)

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Virgil Cultural  

1. An ancient Roman poet; the author of the Aeneid, one of the great epics of Western literature.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Virgilian
  adjective

Example Sentences

Data collected by the organisation indicates Arsenal's England midfielder Declan Rice and Liverpool's Dutch centre-back Virgil van Dijk could be at increased risk of injury or reduced form next season because of their workloads.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

And the “Laudamus Te,” with its insistent back-and-forth reiteration of the simplest consonant harmonies, sounds like a prefiguration of Virgil Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The fourth-largest city in the United States, with 2.3 million inhabitants, will host five group-stage matches, featuring teams such as Florian Wirtz’s Germany, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, and Virgil van Dijk’s Netherlands.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

That mix is in evidence again as Virgil tries to walk a nonviolent path.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

This made her laugh, even though she’d said it a million times already, so Virgil wasn’t sure how she could still think it was funny.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly