Virgo

See also: virgo

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Leo		Libra
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Virgo constellation map

Etymology

From Latin virgō (“maiden, virgin; name of constellation”), calque of Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “virgin; name of constellation”), ultimately derived through mythic reinterpretation from ancient Mesopotamian constellations, as Akkadian absinnu (“seed furrow; name of constellation”) and Sumerian 𒀯𒀳 (^mulABSIN₃, “seed furrow; constellation representing fertility/harvest goddess Shala with ear of corn”). Doublet of virgin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː.ɡəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.ɡoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

Proper noun

Virgo (symbol ♍︎)

2. (astronomy): A constellation in the zodiac, traditionally figured in the shape of a maiden holding an ear of wheat (represented by the bright binary star Spica).

   Synonyms: the Maid, the Maiden, the Virgin

   • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Now, masters, draw. [They shoot.] O, well said, Lucius! Good boy, in Virgo’s lap.

   • 1893, E. W. Bullinger, Witness of the Stars, London: The author, page 29:

     Virgo is represented as a woman with a branch in her right hand, and some ears of corn in her left hand.

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 30:

     The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude. [...] The whole resembles more a cup than the human figure; but when we remember the symbolic meaning of the cup, that seems to be an obvious explanation of the name Virgo, which the constellation has borne since the earliest times.

4. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 23 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).
5. (physics, space science) A large-scale gravitational wave detector located in Pisa, Italy.
   • 2017 October 1, Don Lincoln, “Nobel Prize-winning detectors revealed a cosmic cataclysm”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In February 2016, scientists announced that the first direct observation of gravitational waves had been made using just the two LIGO detectors. That was followed by a second announcement in June 2016. Because Virgo was undergoing an extensive upgrade, it was not operating during these first observations.

6. A surname.

Derived terms

• Virginis
• Virgoan

Related terms

• (astronomy): Vir (abbreviation)

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: بُرْج الْعَذْرَاء m (burj al-ʕaḏrāʔ), الْعَذْرَاء f (al-ʕaḏrāʔ), السُّنْبُلَة f (as-sunbula)
• Armenian: Կույս (Kuys)
• Azerbaijani: Qız
• Bulgarian: Дева f (Deva)
• Burmese: ကန် (my) (kan)
• Catalan: Verge (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 室女座 (zh) (Shìnǚzuò)

• Coptic: ⲑⲟⲩⲙⲉ (thoume)
• Cornish: an Wyrghes
• Danish: Jomfruen
• Dutch: Maagd (nl) f
• Estonian: Neitsi
• Finnish: Neitsyt (fi)
• French: Vierge (fr) f
• German: Jungfrau (de) f
• Greek: Παρθένος (el) f (Parthénos)

  Ancient Greek: Παρθένος f (Parthénos)

• Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה (he) (betulá)
• Hindi: कन्या तारामंडल m (kanyā tārāmaṇḍal)
• Hungarian: Szűz (hu)
• Irish: an Mhaighdean f
• Italian: Vergine (it) f
• Japanese: 乙女座 (ja) (Otomeza), おとめ座 (ja) (Otomeza)
• Kazakh: Бикеш (Bikeş)
• Korean: 처녀(處女)자리 (Cheonyeojari), 처녀성좌(處女星座) (Cheonyeoseongjwa)
• Latin: Virgo (la) f
• Latvian: Jaunava f
• Lithuanian: Mergelė f
• Macedonian: Де́вица f (Dévica)
• Malay: Mayang, Sunbulat, Virgo
• Maltese: Verġni
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jomfruen (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: Jomfrua f

• Persian: خوشه (fa) (xuše), دوشیزه (fa) (dušize)

  Middle Persian: 𐭤𐭥𐭱𐭪 (hʿšk)

• Polish: Panna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Virgo (pt) f
• Romanian: Fecioara f (def. form)
• Russian: Де́ва (ru) f (Déva)
• Sanskrit: कन्या (sa) f (kanyā)
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaighdeann f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дева f

  Latin: Deva f

• Slovak: Panna f
• Slovene: Devica (sl) f
• Spanish: Virgo (es) m
• Swedish: Jungfrun (sv)
• Tagalog: Dalaga
• Telugu: కన్యారాశి (te) (kanyārāśi), కన్య (te) (kanya)
• Turkish: Başak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ді́ва f (Díva)
• Vietnamese: Xử Nữ, Thất Nữ, Trinh Nữ
• Welsh: Y Forwyn f

astrological sign

• Afrikaans: Maagd
• Albanian: Virgjëresha f
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْعَذْرَاء m (burj al-ʕaḏrāʔ), العذراء f
• Armenian: Կույս (Kuys)
• Asturian: Virxe f, Virgo
• Azerbaijani: Qız
• Bashkir: Ҡыҙ (Qıź)
• Bulgarian: Дева f (Deva)
• Burmese: ကန် (my) (kan)
• Catalan: Verge (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 處女座 / 处女座 (zh) (chǔnǚzuò)

• Cornish: an Wyrghes
• Czech: Panna (cs) f
• Danish: Jomfruen
• Dutch: Maagd (nl) f
• Estonian: Neitsi
• Finnish: Neitsyt (fi)
• French: Vierge (fr)
• Georgian: ქალწული (kalc̣uli)
• German: Jungfrau (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Παρθένος f (Parthénos)

• Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה (he) (betulá)
• Hindi: कन्या (hi) f (kanyā)
• Hungarian: Szűz (hu)
• Irish: an Mhaighdean f
• Italian: Vergine (it) f
• Japanese: 処女宮 (ja) (Shojokyū)
• Kazakh: Бикеш (Bikeş)
• Khmer: កញ្ញា (km) (kaññaa)
• Korean: 처녀궁(處女宮) (ko) (Cheonyeogung), 쌍녀궁(雙女宮) (ko) (Ssangnyeogung)
• Latin: Virgo (la) f
• Latvian: Jaunava f
• Lithuanian: Mergelė
• Luxembourgish: Jongfra (lb) f
• Macedonian: де́вица (mk) f (dévica)
• Malay: Mayang, Sunbulat, Virgo
• Maltese: Verġni
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jomfruen (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: Jomfrua f

• Odia: କନ୍ୟ (kanyā)
• Persian: دوشیزه (fa) (dušize)
• Polish: Panna (pl)
• Portuguese: Virgem (pt)
• Romanian: Fecioară f
• Russian: Де́ва (ru) f (Déva)
• Sanskrit: कन्या (sa) f (kanyā)
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaighdeann f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дева f

  Latin: Deva f

• Slovak: Panna f
• Slovene: Devica (sl) f
• Spanish: Virgo (es)
• Swahili: Sumbula, Mashuke
• Swedish: Jungfrun (sv)
• Tagalog: Dalaga
• Telugu: కన్యారాశి (te) (kanyārāśi), కన్య (te) (kanya)
• Thai: กันย์ (th) (gan)
• Turkish: Başak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ді́ва f (Díva)
• Vietnamese: Xử Nữ, Thất Nữ, Trinh Nữ
• Welsh: Yr Wyryf f

Noun

Virgo (plural Virgos)

1. Someone with a Virgo star sign

Synonyms

• Virgoan

Antonyms

• Pisces

Translations

Someone with a Virgo star sign

• Bulgarian: де́ва (bg) f (déva)
• Catalan: verge (ca) m or f, virgo (ca) m or f
• Danish: jomfru c
• Dutch: Maagd (nl)
• Estonian: neitsi (et)
• French: Vierge (fr)
• Macedonian: девица (mk) f (devica)
• Norwegian: jomfru (no)
• Portuguese: virginiano
• Romanian: fecioară (ro) f (zodie)
• Russian: де́ва (ru) f (déva)
• Swedish: jungfru (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ді́ва f (díva)

See also

Zodiac signs and symbols (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Anagrams

• vigor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɪr.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvir.ɡo]

Etymology 1

See virgō.

Proper noun

Virgō f sg (genitive Virginis); third declension

1. (astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Virgō
genitive	Virginis
dative	Virginī
accusative	Virginem
ablative	Virgine
vocative	Virgō

Descendants

• Italian: Vergine

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Virgō m sg (genitive Virgōnis); third declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Persa by Plautus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Virgō
genitive	Virgōnis
dative	Virgōnī
accusative	Virgōnem
ablative	Virgōne
vocative	Virgō

Portuguese

Proper noun

Virgo f

1. (astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Spanish

Proper noun

Virgo m

1. (astronomy, astrology) Virgo (constellation)
2. (astrology) Virgo (zodiac sign)