virga

Definitiones

1. twig, young shoot
   declension-1, feminine
2. rod, switch for flogging.
   declension-1, feminine
3. staff, walking stick
   declension-1, feminine
4. wand (magical)
   declension-1, feminine
5. penis
   Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine, figuratively
6. a unit of measurement, a rod; of either 3 feet in length, or 16½ feet, also known as a pole or perch; a square of land of the same length and breadth
   Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine

Aequivalentia

29 more languages

العربيةسبطصولجانعصاعَصًا سِحْرِيَّةمِخْصَرَة+ 2 more

Bosanskišiba

Češtinahůlkakouzelná hůlkakouzelný proutek

Cymraeghudlath

Dansktryllestav

DeutschZauberstab

Ελληνικάραβδί

Esperantosorĉbastono

Suomitaikasauva

Gàidhligslatag

עבריתמטה

Hrvatskišiba

Magyarvarázspálca

Íslenskatöfrasproti

Italianobacchetta magica

日本語杖魔法の杖

한국어지팡이

Kurdîcanê

Nederlandsgardroedespitsroedetoverstaftoverstoktoverstokje+ 3 more

Polskiróżdżka

Portuguêsvarinha de condãovarinha mágica

Românăbaghetă magică

Русскийволшебная палочкапалочка

Српскиšiba

Svenskatrollspötrollstav

తెలుగుమంత్రదండము

Türkçedeğnek

Українськапаличкачарівна паличка

Tiếng Việtđũađũa phépđũa thần

Exempla

“flagellum equō et cāmus asinō et virgā dorsō inprūdentium”

A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools. (trans.: Douay-Rheims Bible)

“8 AD . Fasti, Publius Ovidius Naso, Liber II, 703-704. Illic Tarquinius mandata latentia nati Accipit, et virga lilia summa metit. There Tarquinius is receiving secret mandates of the son And is knocking down with staff the tops of lilies.”

“Tum virgam capit: Hāc animās ille ēvocat Orcō”

Then [Mercury] takes up his wand: With this he calls pale souls from Orcus, or sends others down to sorrowful Tartarus, …. (Specifically, the caduceus that Mercury uses in his role as psychopompus.)

“sunt etiam singularia in medio⟳ constituta ne in unam partem praeiudicialiter vergentia alteram competenti decore nudarent: nasus, os, guttur, pectus, umbilicus, et genitalium virga descendens, quae laudabilia et honora monstrantur quando in medio⟳ locata consistunt.”

These [body parts] are one by one placed in the middle, because if they converged to the same place, one would deprive the honour of another part. The nose, mouth, throat, chest, navel, and the rod of the genitals show their merit and excellence by being placed in the middle.

Gradus CEFR