vervactum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯erˈu̯ak.tum/, [u̯ɛrˈu̯äkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈvak.tum/, [vɛrˈväkt̪um]

Noun

vervactum n (genitive vervactī); second declension

  1. fallow ground, a fallow field

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vervactum vervacta
Genitive vervactī vervactōrum
Dative vervactō vervactīs
Accusative vervactum vervacta
Ablative vervactō vervactīs
Vocative vervactum vervacta

Descendants
  • Catalan: guaret
  • Galician: barbeito
  • Portuguese: barbeito
  • 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
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