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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's something I saw quoted recently in an article in the "Classical Assocation"'s journal. I haven't personally verified it to be true, but I have no reason to doubt the veracity of the source. I can dig out a reference if you're interested.
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Follow-up to the above:
It does appear to be true. I've just done a frequency search in the "Perseus" Latin archives at "perseus.tufts.edu" (probably the most complete collection of classical texts on the internet), and "virgo" is used almost three times as frequently as "puella".