bostia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaulish *bostyā, Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbos.ti.a/, [ˈbɔs̠t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbos.ti.a/, [ˈbɔst̪iä]
Noun
bostia f (genitive bostiae); first declension[1][2]
- (Middle Latin) small box
- (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
Descendants
- Old French: boisse
References
- ^ 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)