"Vergiliae" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

Forms: Vergiliārum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Vergiliae [nominative, plural], Vergiliārum [genitive, plural], Vergiliīs [dative, plural], Vergiliās [accusative, plural], Vergiliīs [ablative, plural], Vergiliae [plural, vocative]
Etymology: From virga (“offshoot, small stick”), in relation to farming. #* Friedrich Max Müller (1864) La science du langage: “Ce nom leur fut donné par les cultivateurs italiens, parce qu’en Italie, où elles devenaient visibles vers le mois de mai, elles marquaient le retour de l’été. ― This name was given by the Italian farmers, because in Italy, where they become visible in the month of May, they mark the return of Summer.” Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Vergiliae<1>}} Vergiliae f pl (genitive Vergiliārum); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Vergiliae<1>}}
  1. Pleiades, the Seven Sisters Tags: declension-1, feminine, plural Synonyms: Pleiades
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          "english": "At the feet of Andromeda is the figure of Perseus; \"him in the topmost quarter of the sky the blasts of the north wind buffet\". By his left knee \"you will see the faint light of the Pleiades. The Lyre is placed next, and in aspect is slightly arched.\"",
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          "text": "Ad pedes Andromedae Perseus describitur, / 'quem summa ab regione aquilonis flamina pulsant.' / Cuius / propter laeum genum / 'Vergilias tenui cum luce videbis. / Inde Fides leviter posita et convexa videtur.'"
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