bestiola

Italian

Alternative forms

• bestiuola

Etymology

From Latin bēstiola.

Noun

bestiola f (plural bestiole)

1. little animal or beast, creature

Derived terms

• bestiolina

Related terms

• bestia

Anagrams

• aboliste, obliaste

Latin

Etymology

bēstia (“beast”) +‎ -ola

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /beːsˈti.o.la/, [beːs̠ˈt̪iɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /besˈti.o.la/, [besˈt̪iːolä]

Noun

bēstiola f (genitive bēstiolae); first declension

1. Diminutive of bēstia
2. a little creature or beast

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bēstiola	bēstiolae
Genitive	bēstiolae	bēstiolārum
Dative	bēstiolae	bēstiolīs
Accusative	bēstiolam	bēstiolās
Ablative	bēstiolā	bēstiolīs
Vocative	bēstiola	bēstiolae

Descendants

• Istriot: bis'ciuleîna
• → French: bestiole
• → Italian: bestiola
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: bestiola
  • Portuguese: bestiola

References

• “bestiola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bestiola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bestiola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.