bestiarium

(Classical) IPA^(key): /beːs.tiˈaː.ri.um/, [beːs̠t̪iˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bes.tiˈa.ri.um/, [best̪iˈäːrium]

From bēstiārium, neuter form of bēstiārius (“pertaining to wild beasts”).

bēstiārium n (genitive bēstiāriī or bēstiārī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bestiary

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• → Catalan: bestiari
• → English: bestiary
• → French: bestiaire
• → German: Bestiarium
• → Italian: bestiario
• → Portuguese: bestiário
• → Romanian: bestiar
• → Spanish: bestiario

bēstiārium

1. inflection of bēstiārius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

• bestiarium 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)

Borrowed from Latin bēstiārium. By surface analysis, bestia +‎ -arium.

• IPA^(key): /bɛsˈtja.rjum/
• Rhymes: -arjum
• Syllabification: bes‧tia‧rium

bestiarium n

1. bestiary (medieval treatise of animals)

   Synonym: bestiariusz

• bestiarium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bestiarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN