bestiarium

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) 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

• English: bestiary
• French: bestiaire
• Italian: bestiario
• Spanish: bestiario

Etymology 2

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) bēstiārium

1. nominative neuter singular of bēstiārius
2. accusative masculine singular of bēstiārius
3. accusative neuter singular of bēstiārius
4. vocative neuter singular of bēstiārius

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)