virga

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) twig, young shoot
2. (declension-1, feminine) rod, switch for flogging.
3. (declension-1, feminine) staff, walking stick
4. (declension-1, feminine) wand (magical)
5. (Late-Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine, figuratively) penis
6. (Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine) 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

Concepts

branch

broom

🧹

bough

stick

twig

rod

wand

branchlet

whip

streak

section

scourge

besom

chapter

drawbar

knout

Paul

perch

barre

shaft

stripe

a green twig

Synonyms

ramus

lorum

flagellum

scopa

Translations

tak

ramo

galho

ramo

💐

rama

branca

branche

gulî

çeq

ta

Ast

frasca

Besen

🧹

balai

🧹

βέργα

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwɪr.ɡa]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wizgā, probably from Proto-Indo-European *wisgeh₂ (“flexible rod or stick”); possibly cognate with Proto-Germanic *wiskaz (“bundle of hay or straw, wisp”). The Proto-Indo-European term is sometimes taken as an extension of Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to produce, procreate”), or alternatively from a stem *weyḱs- (see *weyḱ-). Regardless, it is probably related to viscum.