vervago
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pliny the Elder derives it from vēre (“in spring”, ablative of time) + agō (“to drive, lead”), which has the appearance of a folk etymology; in particular, the medial -v- is unaccounted for. However, no other explanation is available.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯er.u̯a.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯ɛru̯äɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈver.va.ɡo/, [ˈvɛrväɡo]
Verb edit
vervagō (present infinitive vervagere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (transitive, hapax) to plough land for the first time after it has lain fallow
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “vervago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vervago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.