vervago

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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

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   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

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References

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  • 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.