Virgil (name)
Virgil and Vergil are the most common modern English names used for the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro (70–19 BC). Virgil and Vergil are also given names or surnames made popular by the fame of Virgil. The etymology of the Latin name Vergilius/Virgilius is not known, but its meaning is hypothesized to be 'Vigil'.
Notable people with the name Virgil or Vergil include:
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Famous quotes containing the word virgil:
“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveller from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul’s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)