bestiarius

Latin

Etymology

From bēstia (“beast”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /beːs.tiˈaː.ri.us/, [beːs̠t̪iˈäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bes.tiˈa.ri.us/, [best̪iˈäːrius]

Noun

bēstiārius m (genitive bēstiāriī or bēstiārī); second declension

1. one who fights with wild beasts in the public spectacles, a beast-fighter
2. a beastmaster

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bēstiārius	bēstiāriī
Genitive	bēstiāriī bēstiārī1	bēstiāriōrum
Dative	bēstiāriō	bēstiāriīs
Accusative	bēstiārium	bēstiāriōs
Ablative	bēstiāriō	bēstiāriīs
Vocative	bēstiārie	bēstiāriī

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

Adjective

bēstiārius (feminine bēstiāria, neuter bēstiārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to beasts

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bēstiārius	bēstiāria	bēstiārium		bēstiāriī	bēstiāriae	bēstiāria
Genitive	bēstiāriī	bēstiāriae	bēstiāriī		bēstiāriōrum	bēstiāriārum	bēstiāriōrum
Dative	bēstiāriō		bēstiāriō		bēstiāriīs
Accusative	bēstiārium	bēstiāriam	bēstiārium		bēstiāriōs	bēstiāriās	bēstiāria
Ablative	bēstiāriō	bēstiāriā	bēstiāriō		bēstiāriīs
Vocative	bēstiārie	bēstiāria	bēstiārium		bēstiāriī	bēstiāriae	bēstiāria

References

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