vervactum

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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.
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