Bestia
See also: bestia, bestia, bestía, bestią, and bèstia
Latin
Etymology
From bestia (“beast”).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbeːs.ti.a/, [ˈbeːs̠t̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbes.ti.a/, [ˈbɛst̪iä]
Proper noun
Bēstia m sg (genitive Bēstiae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, a Roman tribune
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Bēstia |
| Genitive | Bēstiae |
| Dative | Bēstiae |
| Accusative | Bēstiam |
| Ablative | Bēstiā |
| Vocative | Bēstia |
References
- “Bestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bestia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Proper noun
Bestia f
- (biblical) Beast (a figure in the Book of Revelation)