bestiarium

See also: Bestiarium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /beːs.tiˈaː.ri.um/, [beːs̠t̪iˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate 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

1. (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

Etymology 2

Adjective

bēstiārium

1. inflection of bēstiārius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. 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/

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• Rhymes: -arjum
• Syllabification: bes‧tia‧rium

Noun

bestiarium n

1. 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 Polish dictionaries at PWN