vervago

Latin

Etymology

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.u̯a.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯ɛru̯äɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.va.ɡo/, [ˈvɛrväɡo]

Verb

vervagō (present infinitive vervagere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (transitive, hapax) to plough land for the first time after it has lain fallow

Conjugation

   Conjugation of vervagō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vervagō	vervagis	vervagit	vervagimus	vervagitis	vervagunt
	imperfect	vervagēbam	vervagēbās	vervagēbat	vervagēbāmus	vervagēbātis	vervagēbant
	future	vervagam	vervagēs	vervaget	vervagēmus	vervagētis	vervagent
passive	present	vervagor	vervageris, vervagere	vervagitur	vervagimur	vervagiminī	vervaguntur
	imperfect	vervagēbar	vervagēbāris, vervagēbāre	vervagēbātur	vervagēbāmur	vervagēbāminī	vervagēbantur
	future	vervagar	vervagēris, vervagēre	vervagētur	vervagēmur	vervagēminī	vervagentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vervagam	vervagās	vervagat	vervagāmus	vervagātis	vervagant
imperfect	vervagerem	vervagerēs	vervageret	vervagerēmus	vervagerētis	vervagerent
passive	present	vervagar	vervagāris, vervagāre	vervagātur	vervagāmur	vervagāminī	vervagantur
imperfect	vervagerer	vervagerēris, vervagerēre	vervagerētur	vervagerēmur	vervagerēminī	vervagerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vervage	—	—	vervagite	—
	future	—	vervagitō	vervagitō	—	vervagitōte	vervaguntō
passive	present	—	vervagere	—	—	vervagiminī	—
	future	—	vervagitor	vervagitor	—	—	vervaguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vervagere	—	—	vervagī	—	—
participles		vervagēns	—	—	—	—	vervagendus, vervagundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vervagendī	vervagendō	vervagendum	vervagendō	—	—

Derived terms

• vervactum

References

• “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.