Bestia

See also: bestia, bèstia, and bestią

Latin

Etymology

From bestia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːs.ti.a/, [ˈbeːs̠t̪iä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbes.ti.a/, [ˈbɛst̪iä]

Proper noun

Bēstia m sg (genitive Bēstiae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. 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.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Bestia f

1. (biblical) Beast (a figure in the Book of Revelation)