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1 virga
virga ae, f [VERG-], a slender green branch, twig, sprout: rubea, V.: viscata, i. e. a lime-twig, O.—A graft, scion, set: fissā cortice virgam Inserit, O.—A rod, switch, scourge: equus umbrā virgae regitur, switch, Cu.: commotā virgā, plied, Iu.: virgis ad necem caedi.—Poet., for fasces, as a designation of one of the higher magistrates, O. —A wand, staff, cane: virgā circumscripsit regem, L.: virgā lilia summa metit, O.— A magic wand: tetigit summos virgā dea capillos, O., V.— In cloth, a colored stripe: purpureae, O.—In a family tree, a twig, branch, Iu.* * *twig, sprout, stalk; switch, rod; staff, wand; stripe/streak; scepter (Plater) -
2 virga
I.Lit.A.In gen., Cato, R. R. 101; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 4; Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 136; 24, 19, 112, § 172; Verg. G. 1, 266; Ov. M. 3, 29; 11, 109.—B.In partic.1. 2.A limetwig, Ov. M. 15, 474.—3.A rod, switch for flogging, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 117; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10; id. Cas. 5, 4, 24;4. 5.for governing horses, etc.: virga quā ad regendum equum usus est,
Front. 4, 5, 16; Val. Max. 3, 2, 12:nobilis equus umbrā quoque virgae regitur,
Curt. 7, 4, 18; Mart. 9, 22, 14; cf. Luc. 4, 683; Juv. 3, 317.—Of the small rods in the fasces of the lictors, with which criminals were scourged, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161; Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 136.—Hence, poet., for fasces, as a designation of one of the higher magistrates, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 32; Stat. S. 1, 2, 47; Mart. 8, 66, 4.—A magic wand, Verg. A. 7, 190; Ov. M. 14, 278; 14, 295; 14, 300.—II.Transf.A.A stalk of the flax-plant, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 17.—B. C.A colored stripe in a garment:D. E.purpureae,
Ov. A. A. 3, 269. —Genitalium, = membrum virile, Cassiod. Anim, 9.
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