virgula

An image of a virga or virgula, displaying its stem

Meaning

Noun

A small, thin, straight growth, particularly:
A divining or dowsing rod.
Any small rod.
Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark.
Synonym of stem: the tail of a note.
Synonym of virga: one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.

Origin

From Latin virgula ("twig; wand; scratch comma"), from virga + -ulus. As a dowsing rod, via virgula divina or virgula divinatoria. virgule.

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