bestiarium
See also: Bestiarium
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beːs.tiˈaː.ri.um/, [beːs̠t̪iˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bes.tiˈa.ri.um/, [best̪iˈäːrium]
Etymology 1 edit
From bēstiārium, neuter form of bēstiārius (“pertaining to wild beasts”).
Noun edit
bēstiārium n (genitive bēstiāriī or bēstiārī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bēstiārium | bēstiāria |
| Genitive | bēstiāriī bēstiārī1 |
bēstiāriōrum |
| Dative | bēstiāriō | bēstiāriīs |
| Accusative | bēstiārium | bēstiāria |
| Ablative | bēstiāriō | bēstiāriīs |
| Vocative | bēstiārium | bēstiāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: bestiari
- → English: bestiary
- → French: bestiaire
- → German: Bestiarium
- → Italian: bestiario
- → Portuguese: bestiário
- → Romanian: bestiar
- → Spanish: bestiario
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
bēstiārium
- inflection of bēstiārius:
References edit
- bestiarium 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)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bēstiārium. By surface analysis, bestia + -arium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bestiarium n
- bestiary (medieval treatise of animals)
- Synonym: bestiariusz
Declension edit
Declension of bestiarium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bestiarium | bestiaria |
| genitive | bestiarium | bestiariów |
| dative | bestiarium | bestiariom |
| accusative | bestiarium | bestiaria |
| instrumental | bestiarium | bestiariami |
| locative | bestiarium | bestiariach |
| vocative | bestiarium | bestiaria |
Related terms edit
adjectives
adverb
nouns
verbs
- bestwić impf, zbestwić pf
- rozbestwiać impf, rozbestwić pf
Further reading edit
- bestiarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN