also Ver·gil V0112900 (vûr′jəl) Originally Publius Vergilius Maro. 70-19 bc. Roman poet who composed the Aeneid, an epic telling of the wanderings of Aeneas after the sack of Troy.Vir·gil′i·an(vûr-jĭl′ē-ən, -jĭl′yən) adj.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeVirgil