bostia
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Gaulish *bostyā, Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbos.ti.a/, [ˈbɔs̠t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbos.ti.a/, [ˈbɔst̪iä]
Noun
[edit]bostia f (genitive bostiae); first declension[1][2]
- (Middle Latin) small box
- (Middle Latin) reliquaire
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bostia | bostiae |
| genitive | bostiae | bostiārum |
| dative | bostiae | bostiīs |
| accusative | bostiam | bostiās |
| ablative | bostiā | bostiīs |
| vocative | bostia | bostiae |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old French: boisse
References
[edit]- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “buxida”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 111
- ^ 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)