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virgĭnālis , e, adj. virgo,
I.of or belonging to a maiden or virgin, maidenly, virgin, virginal.
I. Adj.: “habitus, vestitus,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5: “forma,” Gell. 14, 4, 2: modestia, Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: “verecundia,” Cic. Quint. 11, 39; App. M. 1, p. 112, 32: ploratus, a wailing like a girl, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: “feles,” a girl-stealer, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 43; cf. “virginarius: Fortuna,” i. e. Venus, as the tutelary goddess of maidens, Arn. 2, 91 (cf. Varr. ap. Non. 149, 25).—
II. Subst.: virgĭnāle , is, n., = pudenda muliebria, Phaedr. 4, 14, 14; also in the form virginal, Prud. στεφ. 14, 8; Sol. 1 med.; and in plur.: virginalia, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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