conrogata

Latin

Etymology 1

Likely via the ellipsis of a phrase such as *[opera conrogāta]. Alternatively, directly built from conrogō +‎ -āta (late noun-forming suffix). First attested in the quote below (5th c. CE).

Alternative forms

• corovada, corvada, curvada (8–9th. c.)
• corrogata (10th c.)

Noun

conrogāta f (genitive conrogātae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) collective labour brought about by request
   • Early 5th c. CE, Caesarius of Arles

     Quomodo solet fieri, ut, cuius vinea per neglegentiam deserta remanserit, roget vicinos et proximos suos, et una die multitudinem hominum congregans, quod per se solum non potuit, multorum manibus adiutus, id quod desertum fuerat reparetur: ita ergo et ille, qui publice paenitentiam vult petere, quasi conrogatam vel conbinam dinoscitur congregare; ut totius populi orationibus adiutus spinas et tribulos peccatorum suorum possit evellere.

     Just as it often comes about that a man whose vineyard has been left abandoned through neglect makes a request to his neighbours and locals, and one day gathers together a multitude of men, and assisted by the hands of many makes good that which had been abandoned, something which he could not have achieved on his own; so too the man who wants to seek public penitence is seen, as it were, to gather together labour or support, so that, assisted by the prayers of the whole people, he can root out the thorns and spines of his sins.

2. (Medieval Latin) corvee, feudal fee

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	conrogāta	conrogātae
Genitive	conrogātae	conrogātārum
Dative	conrogātae	conrogātīs
Accusative	conrogātam	conrogātās
Ablative	conrogātā	conrogātīs
Vocative	conrogāta	conrogātae

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: corvâ, corvé
• Old French: corvee, crouee, crowee
  • Middle French: courvée
    • French: corvée (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: corvée
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: courvée
  • Walloon: corwêye, kèrwîe, querwée, kerwée
  • → Middle Dutch: corweide
    • Dutch: karwei
• Old Occitan: corroada
  • Occitan: corrogada, crovada, corvada (influenced by French?)

References

• corrogata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “corrogata”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1227

Etymology 2

Participle

conrogāta

1. inflection of conrogātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

conrogātā

1. ablative feminine singular of conrogātus