bestiarium
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See also: Bestiarium
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /beːs.tiˈaː.ri.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bes.tiˈa.ri.um/,
Etymology 1
From bēstiārium, neuter form of bēstiārius (“pertaining to wild beasts”).
Noun
bēstiārium n (genitive bēstiāriī or bēstiārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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
- → Catalan: bestiari
- → English: bestiary
- → French: bestiaire
- → German: Bestiarium
- → Italian: bestiario
- → Portuguese: bestiário
- → Romanian: bestiar
- → Spanish: bestiario
Etymology 2
Adjective
bēstiārium
- inflection of bēstiārius:
References
- 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
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin bēstiārium. By surface analysis, bestia + -arium.
Pronunciation
Noun
bestiarium n
- bestiary (medieval treatise of animals)
- Synonym: bestiariusz
Declension
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
adjectives
adverb
nouns
verbs
- bestwić impf, zbestwić pf
- rozbestwiać impf, rozbestwić pf
Further reading
- bestiarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN