bostia

Latin

Alternative forms

bustia, bustea

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *bostyā, Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbos.ti.a/, [ˈbɔs.ti.a]

Noun

bostia f (genitive bostiae); first declension[1][2]

(Middle Latin) small box
(Middle Latin) reliquaire

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bostia	bostiae
Genitive	bostiae	bostiārum
Dative	bostiae	bostiīs
Accusative	bostiam	bostiās
Ablative	bostiā	bostiīs
Vocative	bostia	bostiae

Derived terms

bostellus

Descendants

Old French: boisse

References

Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “buxida”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 111
bostia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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