bercaria

== Latin == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Originally berbēx +‎ -āria. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛrˈkaː.ri.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [berˈkaː.ri.a] === Noun === bercāria f (genitive bercāriae); first declension (Medieval Latin) a sheepcote; a small building for sheltering sheep. a tannery ==== Usage notes ==== R. E. Latham's Revised Medieval Latin Word-List translates bercāria as sheepfold (“a pen for enclosing sheep”), C. Dyer's research states that this is incorrect and should be translated as sheepcote (“a small building for sheltering sheep”). ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== barcō barcarius bercārius brebicarius ==== Descendants ==== English: bercary === References === "bercaria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)