bostia

bostia

Latin

Alternative forms

• bustia, bustea

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *bostyā, Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ti.a/, [ˈbɔs̠t̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ti.a/, [ˈbɔst̪iä]

Noun

bostia f (genitive bostiae); first declension[1][2]

1. (Middle Latin) small box
2. (Middle Latin) reliquaire

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bostia	bostiae
Genitive	bostiae	bostiārum
Dative	bostiae	bostiīs
Accusative	bostiam	bostiās
Ablative	bostiā	bostiīs
Vocative	bostia	bostiae

Derived terms

• bostellus

Descendants

• Old French: boisse

References

1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “buxida”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 111
2. bostia 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)