bestiola

Italian

Alternative forms

bestiuola

Etymology

From Latin bēstiola.

Noun

bestiola f (plural bestiole)

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

Diminutive of bēstia
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.

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