bestiarius
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beːs.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [beːs.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs]
Noun
bēstiārius m (genitive bēstiāriī or bēstiārī); second declension
- one who fights with wild beasts in the public spectacles, a beast-fighter
- a beastmaster
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bēstiārius | bēstiāriī |
| Genitive | bēstiāriī bēstiārī1 |
bēstiāriōrum |
| Dative | bēstiāriō | bēstiāriīs |
| Accusative | bēstiārium | bēstiāriōs |
| Ablative | bēstiāriō | bēstiāriīs |
| Vocative | bēstiārie | bēstiāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Adjective
bēstiārius (feminine bēstiāria, neuter bēstiārium); first/second declension
- of or pertaining to beasts
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bēstiārius | bēstiāria | bēstiārium | bēstiāriī | bēstiāriae | bēstiāria | |
| Genitive | bēstiāriī | bēstiāriae | bēstiāriī | bēstiāriōrum | bēstiāriārum | bēstiāriōrum | |
| Dative | bēstiāriō | bēstiāriō | bēstiāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | bēstiārium | bēstiāriam | bēstiārium | bēstiāriōs | bēstiāriās | bēstiāria | |
| Ablative | bēstiāriō | bēstiāriā | bēstiāriō | bēstiāriīs | |||
| Vocative | bēstiārie | bēstiāria | bēstiārium | bēstiāriī | bēstiāriae | bēstiāria | |
References
- bestiarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bestiarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bestiarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- bestiarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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