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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81/79–52/50 BC, Catullus|origins=la virgō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [wɪrˈɡɪ.nɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [virˈd͡ʒiː.ni.tas]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''virginitās''' ''f'' (genitive virginitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|virgō|-tās|t1=girl, virgin]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan finds no accepted origin for [[m|la|virgō]]: Walde and Hofmann took it as a derivative of [[virga]] “twig”, and he rejects a proposed compound “young woman”.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler dates it from Catullus,^(Köbler 2010) who tells a girl that her maidenhood is not wholly hers but partly her parents'.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is the state of a girl of marriageable age, and virginity in the strict sense: Cicero tells of one said to have killed her father when he tried to violate her virginity.^(OLD 2012) It is also the state of a woman vowed to a celibate life, as of Camilla in Virgil.^(OLD 2012) In Late Latin it is used concretely for virgins collectively.^(Lewis & Short 1879) English [[m|en|virginity]] dates from about 1300, through Anglo-French and Old French.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus of a girl's maidenhood.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of virginity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of Camilla's love of virginity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''virginity''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The state of a girl of marriageable age, [[m|en|maidenhood]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)
+ # [[m|en|virginity|alt=Virginity]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)
+ # The state of a woman vowed to [[m|en|celibacy]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Late Latin)'' Virgins collectively.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[virgo|alt=virgō]]
+ * [[en|virginity]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}