vervago

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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

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

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.
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