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Vir⋅gil⋅i⋅an

  [ver-jil-ee-uhn, -jil-yuhn]
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–adjective
Vergilian.

Ver⋅gil⋅i⋅an

  [ver-jil-ee-uhn, -jil-yuhn]
–adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
Also, Virgilian.

Origin:
1505–15; < L Virgiliānus; see -an
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Vir·gil also Ver·gil   (vûr'jəl)   
Roman poet. His greatest work is the epic poem Aeneid, which tells of the wanderings of Aeneas after the sack of Troy.
Vir·gil'i·an (vûr-jĭl'ē-ən, -jĭl'yən) adj.
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Word Origin & History

virgilian 
1513, from L. Virgilianus "of or characteristic of the Roman poet Virgil" (Publius Vergilius Maro, 70-19 B.C.E.). Also in Virgilian lots (L. sortes Virgilianæ), opening Virgil at random as an oracle.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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