vergō
From Proto-Italic *wergō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wérg-e-ti, from *h₂werg- (“to turn”). Compare Hittite [script needed] (ḫurki-, “wheel”), Ancient Greek ἐέργω (eérgō, “to stop, scare away”), Ancient Greek εἶρξαι (eîrxai, “to hold off”), Sanskritवृणक्ति (vṛṇakti, “to turn around, ward off”), Sanskrit वर्क् (vark, “to turn, rotate”), Sanskrit वरीवृजत्- (varīvṛjat-, “bending again and again”, ptcp.), Sanskrit प्र वावृजे (pra vāvṛje, “is turned towards”), and Tocharian A wärkṣantāñ (“rotating”, ptcp.).[1] Acording to de Vaan, Latin vermina is from the same root.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯er.ɡoː/, [ˈu̯ɛrɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈver.ɡo/, [ˈvɛrɡo]
Verb
vergō (present infinitive vergere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (transitive) to bend, turn, incline
- (intransitive) to bend, turn, verge, slope down
- (intransitive) to be situated, lie