vervecarius
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From vervēx (“wether”) + -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).
Noun[edit]
vervēcārius m (genitive vervēcāriī); second declension (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vervēcārius | vervēcāriī |
| Genitive | vervēcāriī | vervēcāriōrum |
| Dative | vervēcāriō | vervēcāriīs |
| Accusative | vervēcārium | vervēcāriōs |
| Ablative | vervēcāriō | vervēcāriīs |
| Vocative | vervēcārie | vervēcāriī |
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- French: berger
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: berbecarju, berbecàlgiu, berbegarzu
- North Italian:
- Piedmontese: bërgé
References[edit]
- vervecarius 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)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “vervecarius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1057