bestiarius

Latin

Etymology

bēstia (beast) + -ārius

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /beːs.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [beːs.tiˈaː.ri.ʊs]

Noun

bēstiārius m (genitive bēstiāriī or bēstiārī); second declension

  1. one who fights with wild beasts in the public spectacles, a beast-fighter
  2. 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

  1. 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

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