virgo

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Vir=go

CIDE DICTIONARY

virgo, n. [L. virgo a virgin, the constellation Virgo in the zodiac. See Virgin.].

 A sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of August, marked thus [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

virgo, n. (pl. -os)
1 a constellation, traditionally regarded as contained in the figure of a woman.
2 a the sixth sign of the zodiac (the Virgin). b a person born when the sun is in this sign.

Derivative

Virgoan n. & adj.

Etymology

OE f. L, = virgin