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
Descendants
- Old French: boisse
References
- ↑ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “buxida”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), 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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