vervactum

Latin

Etymology

Presumably the neuter form of *vervāctus (“having been ploughed”), perfect passive participle of vervagō (“to plough fallow land”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈu̯aːk.tum/, [u̯ɛrˈu̯äːkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈvak.tum/, [verˈväkt̪um]

Noun

vervāctum n (genitive vervāctī); second declension

1. fallow ground, a fallow field

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	vervāctum	vervācta
genitive	vervāctī	vervāctōrum
dative	vervāctō	vervāctīs
accusative	vervāctum	vervācta
ablative	vervāctō	vervāctīs
vocative	vervāctum	vervācta

Descendants

• Catalan: guaret
• Galician: barbeito
• Portuguese: barbeito
• Old Spanish: barvecho
  • Spanish: barbecho

References

• “vervactum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vervactum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.