Authority Cited: Virgil
Author name and dates: Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BCE–19 BCE)
BKG Bio-tweet: Roman poet; Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid; SJ quotes in etym. for napkin
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Virgil cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. Several hundred quotations from translations of Virgil and commentary on Virgil (principally Dryden). The Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, A Facsimile Edition, Fleeman, ed. lists the following 12 Virgil items (as listed by Greene in Samuel Johnson's Library, an Annotated Guide): 447 3. P. Vergilii Maronis opera, Bas. 1534, &c.; 94 P. Virgilii opera, Plantini Antv. 1575; 238 2. P. Virgilii Maronis, opera, L.B. 1617. . . .; 433 3. Virgilii opera, Taubmanni, 1618, &c.; 320 3. P. Vergilii Maronis opera, par [sic]Typographia Regia 1741; 621 21. Virgilii a Cuningamii, Eding. [sic] 1743 and 20 more; 163 2. F. Ursini Virlgilius illustratas [sic] Leov., 1747; 169 P. Virgilii opera, 2t. fig. 1759; 5 7. Opera Vergiliis [sic]. . . .; 585 6. Opera Vergelii [sic], &c.; 626 14. Dell Eneide di Virgilio Padoa, 1621, and 13 more; 554 4. Pitt's Virgil, 2v. &c.]
Author name and dates: Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BCE–19 BCE)
BKG Bio-tweet: Roman poet; Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid; SJ quotes in etym. for napkin
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Virgil cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. Several hundred quotations from translations of Virgil and commentary on Virgil (principally Dryden). The Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, A Facsimile Edition, Fleeman, ed. lists the following 12 Virgil items (as listed by Greene in Samuel Johnson's Library, an Annotated Guide): 447 3. P. Vergilii Maronis opera, Bas. 1534, &c.; 94 P. Virgilii opera, Plantini Antv. 1575; 238 2. P. Virgilii Maronis, opera, L.B. 1617. . . .; 433 3. Virgilii opera, Taubmanni, 1618, &c.; 320 3. P. Vergilii Maronis opera, par [sic]Typographia Regia 1741; 621 21. Virgilii a Cuningamii, Eding. [sic] 1743 and 20 more; 163 2. F. Ursini Virlgilius illustratas [sic] Leov., 1747; 169 P. Virgilii opera, 2t. fig. 1759; 5 7. Opera Vergiliis [sic]. . . .; 585 6. Opera Vergelii [sic], &c.; 626 14. Dell Eneide di Virgilio Padoa, 1621, and 13 more; 554 4. Pitt's Virgil, 2v. &c.]
- Virgil (no work cited); napkin (Dict.: ."[from nap; which etymology is oddly favoured by Virgil, Tonsisque ferunt mantilia villis; . . . ] 1. Cloaths used at table to wipe the hands."