bestiarium
See also: Bestiarium
Latin
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /beːs.tiˈaː.ri.um/, [beːs̠t̪iˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bes.tiˈa.ri.um/, [best̪iˈäːrium]
Etymology 1
From bēstiārium, neuter form of bēstiārius (“pertaining to wild beasts”).
Noun
bēstiārium n (genitive bēstiāriī or bēstiārī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) bestiary
Declension
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
- → Catalan: bestiari
- → English: bestiary
- → French: bestiaire
- → German: Bestiarium
- → Italian: bestiario
- → Portuguese: bestiário
- → Romanian: bestiar
- → Spanish: bestiario
Adjective
bēstiārium
- inflection of bēstiārius:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
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
Borrowed from Latin bēstiārium. By surface analysis, bestia + -arium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛsˈtja.rjum/
- Rhymes: -arjum
- Syllabification: bes‧tia‧rium
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
- bestialny
- bestialski
adverb
- bestialsko
nouns
- bestia
- bestializm
- bestialność
- bestialstwo
- bestiariusz
- bestyjka
- bestyjnik
verbs
- bestwić impf, zbestwić pf
- rozbestwiać impf, rozbestwić pf
Further reading
- bestiarium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bestiarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN