bestiola

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin bēstiola.

Noun

bestiola f (plural bestiole)

  1. little animal or beast, creature

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Latin

Etymology

bēstia (“beast”) +‎ -ola

Pronunciation

Noun

bēstiola f (genitive bēstiolae); first declension

  1. Diminutive of bēstia
  2. a little creature or beast

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bēstiola bēstiolae
Genitive bēstiolae bēstiolārum
Dative bēstiolae bēstiolīs
Accusative bēstiolam bēstiolās
Ablative bēstiolā bēstiolīs
Vocative bēstiola bēstiolae

Descendants

  • Istriot: bis'ciuleîna
  • → French: bestiole
  • → Italian: bestiola
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: bestiola

References

  • “bestiola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bestiola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bestiola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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