bestiola

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bēstiola.

Noun

bestiola f (plural bestioles)

  1. small animal
  2. vermin, bug, worm

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bēstiola.

Noun

bestiola f (plural bestiole)

  1. little animal or beast, creature

Derived terms

Anagrams

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.

singular plural
nominative bēstiola bēstiolae
genitive bēstiolae bēstiolārum
dative bēstiolae bēstiolīs
accusative bēstiolam bēstiolās
ablative bēstiolā bēstiolīs
vocative bēstiola bēstiolae

Descendants

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.