Bestia

See also: bestia, bestia, bestía, bestią, and bèstia

Latin

Etymology

From bestia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbeːs.ti.a/, [ˈbeːs̠t̪iä]

Proper noun

Bēstia m sg (genitive Bēstiae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, a Roman tribune

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bēstia
Genitive Bēstiae
Dative Bēstiae
Accusative Bēstiam
Ablative Bēstiā
Vocative Bēstia

References
  • “Bestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Bestia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Spanish

Proper noun

Bestia f

  1. (biblical) Beast (a figure in the Book of Revelation)
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