virtus

virtus, virtútis f.

noun, 3rd declension

vir-tus · /ˈvir.tus/

power, valour, virtue, a Virtue (choir of angels)

From vir, a man: first manliness, then any excellence, at last virtue. In the Preface it names a choir of angels.

in English virtue, virtuoso

in the texts

Sancte Míchaël Archángele virtúte

Præfatio communis Virtútes

Deus, refúgium nostrum virtus

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