vervago
From LSJ
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vervăgo: ĕre, v. a. etym. unknown; acc. to Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 176, from ver-ago,
I to break up land, i. e. to plough land for the first time after its lying fallow: agros, Col. 11, 2, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vervăgō, ēgī, āctum, ĕre, tr., retourner [une terre qui est en jachère] : Plin. 18, 176 || Col. Rust. 11, 2, 8, labourer, défricher.
