vervecarius

Latin

Alternative forms

• berbicārius, birbicārius, verbecārius, verbicārius, vervicārius, virvicārius

Etymology

From vervēx (“wether”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Noun

vervēcārius m (genitive vervēcāriī); second declension (Late Latin, Early Medieval Latin)

1. shepherd

Declension

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

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: birbicar
  • Romanian: berbecar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • French: berger
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: berbecarju, berbecàlgiu, berbegarzu
• North Italian:
  • Piedmontese: bërgé

References

• 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