virago

vĭrāgo, ĭnis, f. [virgo],

• a man-like, vigorous, heroic maiden, a female warrior, heroine, virago (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): virago aliqua ancilla, i.e. vigorous, stout, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 79 (413): vos etenim juvenes animum geritis muliebrem, Illa virago viri, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61: virago Paluda, i. e. Minerva, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll. (Ann. v. 510 Vahl.); so Ov. M. 2, 765; 6, 130; Stat. S. 4, 5, 23; id. Th. 11, 414; of Diana, Sen. Hippol. 54; of Juturna, Verg. A. 12, 468; of an Amazon, Lact. 1, 9, 2; of Eve, Vulg. Gen. 2, 23.

virāgo, inis, f. (virgo), die mannhafte-, kräftige Jungfrau, die Heldin usw., v. aliqua ancilla, kräftig, stark, Plaut.: verbosa virago, Fulg.: v. einer Amazone, Lact.: v. der Pallas, bello metuenda virago u. flava virago, Ov.: Iuturna virago, Verg.: v. der Diana, Sen. poët.: viraginibus iungi, Firm.

virago [CL] 1 woman who has a masculine temperament, virago. femora ‥ / abstulit immiscens crudelis verba virago [sc. Circe] Aldh. Aen. 95 (Scilla) 6; Edildrid famosa virago / addita conjugio vixit castissima virgo Frith. 542; haec inpudens ~o ‥ eodem Jezabelis flatu venenifero perfusa ‥ Dunstanum ‥ persequi non quievit B. V. Dunst. 22; eadem ~o [sc. imperatrix] in Angliam venit jus suum contra S. assertura W. Malm. HN 467; si ‥ plus de muliebri spermate in dextra parte collocetur, femina ~o generatur Quaest. Salern. B 193 (cf. ib.: si plus in sinistram ‥ vir effeminatus nascitur); illa non ut virgo vel ~o sed ut vir ‥ [eum] spernit Map NC III 5 f. 42v. 2 woman (orig. w. ref. to Gen. ii 23). blandius inliciens stultis sum cara virago Bonif. Aen. (Ebrietas) 280; 968 (12c) vocavit [Deus] nomen ejus ‘~o’ quoniam sumpta est de viro suo Ch. Abingd. 107; coeperunt eum ~ines flagitare ‥ ut eas ad W. duceret urbem Lantfr. Swith. 5; Malchus ad hec: “quid ago? miserum luditne virago?” R. Cant. Malch. III 452; 1205 versus Herbertum de S. Q. et Sire Agnetem ~inem suam CurR 323.

vĭrāgō, (14) ĭnis, f. (vir), femme robuste (une gaillarde) Pl. Merc. 414 || femme guerrière, héroïne : Ov. M. 2, 765 ; Sen. Phædra 54 || amazone : Lact. Inst. 1, 9, 2.

virago , inis. f.
烈婦。Diva — v. diana. Bello metuenda —. v. pallas.

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virāgō inis, f

• virgo, a man-like woman, female warrior, heroine: belli metuenda, O.: Iuturna, V.