virga.
twig, sprout, stalk; switch, rod; staff, wand; stripe/streak; scepter (Plater);
Meaning & usage
twig, young shoot
rod, switch for flogging.
staff, walking stick
8 AD . Fasti, Publius Ovidius Naso, Liber II, 703-704. Illic Tarquinius mandata latentia nati Accipit, et virga lilia summa metit. There Tarquinius is receiving secret mandates of the son And is knocking down with staff the tops of lilies.
wand (magical)
penis
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
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Traditionally, the term is derived from earlier *wizgā, itself from Proto-Indo-European *wis-g-, an extension of *weys-. De Vaan suggests a possible connection with Germanic forms such as Old Norse visk or Old English wisc, perhaps also entailing a PIE form of the shape *wis-g-. The term might be related to Latin vireō and virāgō.
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