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VIRGA. An obsolete word, which signifies a rod or staff, such as sheriffs, bailiffs, and constables carry, as a badge or ensign of their office.

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Proprietas enim est virgae ut ornatus e radice naturaliter, non autem e copulatione aut commixtione nascatur." (Ibid., p.

In virga Aaron Maria ostendebatur. Nueva interpretacion del ramo de lirios en La Anunciacion gotica espanola a la luz de fuentes patristicas y teologicas

ille virum ut contra venientem umbrataque vidit tempora Parrhasio patris de more galero paciferaeque manu nequiquam insignia virgae, "heu fuge" ait "certo quicumque es, perdite, passu dum dautr!" (4.134-41) ...

Reading models and the homeric program in Valerius Flaccus's Argonautica

At the end of the poem, Statius wishes to be touched by the god's cacumen virgae, so that to tell the god that Aurora has shown pity on him with her whip is an effective means of eliciting sympathy; the paradox of miserata flagello is all part of this.