"bestia" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeːs.ti.a/ [Classical], [ˈbeːs̠t̪iä] [Classical], /ˈbes.ti.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈbɛst̪iä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), /ˈbeːs.ti.aː/ [Classical], [ˈbeːs̠t̪iäː] [Classical], /ˈbes.ti.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈbɛst̪iä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: The origin is unknown. A Proto-Indo-European preform *dʰwēstiā has been proposed, from the root *dʰwēs- (“to breathe”) (compare Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius) from *dʰwes- (“to breathe”); more at English deer), but this is uncertain, since an initial f- would be expected in Latin. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*dʰwes-}}, {{unk|la|nocap=1}} unknown, {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{m|ine-pro|*dʰwēstiā}} *dʰwēstiā, {{m|ine-pro||*dʰwēs-|t=to breathe}} *dʰwēs- (“to breathe”), {{cog|got|𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃}} Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius), {{m|ine-pro|*dʰwes-|t=to breathe}} *dʰwes- (“to breathe”), {{cog|en|deer}} English deer Head templates: {{la-noun|bēstia<1>}} bēstia f (genitive bēstiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|bēstia<1>}} Forms: bēstia [canonical, feminine], bēstiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], bēstia [nominative, singular], bēstiae [nominative, plural], bēstiae [genitive, singular], bēstiārum [genitive, plural], bēstiae [dative, singular], bēstiīs [dative, plural], bēstiam [accusative, singular], bēstiās [accusative, plural], bēstiā [ablative, singular], bēstiīs [ablative, plural], bēstia [singular, vocative], bēstiae [plural, vocative]
  1. a beast Tags: declension-1 Synonyms: bēlua Derived forms: bēstiola (english: a little creature or beast), bēstiālis, bēstiārius (english: involving wild beasts; person who fights with wild beasts in the arena)
    Sense id: en-bestia-la-noun-jxkfOrtJ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "bīstia",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: bīstia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: bīstia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "bishë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: bishë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: bishë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "bìsa",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: bìsa, béssa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: bìsa, béssa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "bies'cia"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: bies'cia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: bies'cia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "biscia"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: biscia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: biscia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "bisse"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: bisse, biche\nMiddle French: biche\nFrench: biche",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: bisse, biche\nMiddle French: biche\nFrench: biche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "bescha"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: bescha\nGalician: bicha\nPortuguese: bicha\nKabuverdianu: bitchu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: bescha\nGalician: bicha\nPortuguese: bicha\nKabuverdianu: bitchu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "bicho",
            "3": "bicha"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: bicho, bicha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: bicho, bicha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "bis",
            "3": "bise"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: bis, bise",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: bis, bise"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "bèsa"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: bèsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: bèsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "bisa",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: bisa, bìsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: bisa, bìsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aragonese: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aragonese: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "bestie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: bestie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: bestie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "bestie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: bestie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: bestie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Bestie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Bestie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Bestie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: bestia\n→ Romanian: bestie\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: бѐштија, бе̏стија\nLatin script: bèštija, bȅstija",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: bestia\n→ Romanian: bestie\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: бѐштија, бе̏стија\nLatin script: bèštija, bȅstija"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "beste",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: beste\nMiddle French: beste\nFrench: bête\nGallo: bestt\nNorman: baête (Cotentin), beyte (Pays de Caux, Pays de Rouen), beet (Sark)\n→ Middle Dutch: beest\nDutch: beest\nAfrikaans: bees\nJersey Dutch: bêst, beîśe\nNegerhollands: beest\n→ Papiamentu: bichi\n→ Sranan Tongo: beist\n→ Middle Low German: best\nLow German: Beest\n→ Danish: bæst\n→ German: Biest\n→ Norwegian:\nNorwegian Bokmål: beist, best\nNorwegian Nynorsk: beist\n→ Swedish: best\n→ Middle English: beeste, beste, beest, best, beast, beaste\nEnglish: beast\nScots: beast\nYola: beast",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: beste\nMiddle French: beste\nFrench: bête\nGallo: bestt\nNorman: baête (Cotentin), beyte (Pays de Caux, Pays de Rouen), beet (Sark)\n→ Middle Dutch: beest\nDutch: beest\nAfrikaans: bees\nJersey Dutch: bêst, beîśe\nNegerhollands: beest\n→ Papiamentu: bichi\n→ Sranan Tongo: beist\n→ Middle Low German: best\nLow German: Beest\n→ Danish: bæst\n→ German: Biest\n→ Norwegian:\nNorwegian Bokmål: beist, best\nNorwegian Nynorsk: beist\n→ Swedish: best\n→ Middle English: beeste, beste, beest, best, beast, beaste\nEnglish: beast\nScots: beast\nYola: beast"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "píast",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: píast, péist\nMiddle Irish: péist\nIrish: péist\nManx: beisht\nScottish Gaelic: bèist",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: píast, péist\nMiddle Irish: péist\nIrish: péist\nManx: beisht\nScottish Gaelic: bèist"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "bèstia"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: bèstia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: bèstia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "vèstia",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Sicilian: vèstia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Sicilian: vèstia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "bèstia"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: bèstia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: bèstia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "besta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: besta, bestia\nGalician: besta\nPortuguese: besta",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: besta, bestia\nGalician: besta\nPortuguese: besta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "bestga",
            "3": "biestg",
            "4": "bestia",
            "5": "bes-cha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: bestga, biestg, bestia, bes-cha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: bestga, biestg, bestia, bes-cha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "бестия",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: бестия (bestija)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: бестия (bestija)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "beštia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovak: beštia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovak: beštia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: bestia\nPapiamentu: bestia",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: bestia\nPapiamentu: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Venetian: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Venetian: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "בעסטיע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: בעסטיע (bestye)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: בעסטיע (bestye)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰwes-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dʰwēstiā"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰwēstiā",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*dʰwēs-",
        "t": "to breathe"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰwēs- (“to breathe”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dʰwes-",
        "t": "to breathe"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰwes- (“to breathe”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "deer"
      },
      "expansion": "English deer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The origin is unknown. A Proto-Indo-European preform *dʰwēstiā has been proposed, from the root *dʰwēs- (“to breathe”) (compare Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius) from *dʰwes- (“to breathe”); more at English deer), but this is uncertain, since an initial f- would be expected in Latin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bēstia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "bēstia f (genitive bēstiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bēstia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "a little creature or beast",
          "word": "bēstiola"
        },
        {
          "word": "bēstiālis"
        },
        {
          "english": "involving wild beasts; person who fights with wild beasts in the arena",
          "word": "bēstiārius"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.)",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.30.30",
          "text": "Leō fortissimus bēstiārum ad nūllīus pavēbit occursum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a beast"
      ],
      "id": "en-bestia-la-noun-jxkfOrtJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bēlua"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "ipa": "/ˈbeːs.ti.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "ipa": "[ˈbeːs̠t̪iä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "ipa": "/ˈbes.ti.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "ipa": "[ˈbɛst̪iä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "ipa": "/ˈbeːs.ti.aː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "ipa": "[ˈbeːs̠t̪iäː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "ipa": "/ˈbes.ti.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "ipa": "[ˈbɛst̪iä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bestia"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "a little creature or beast",
      "word": "bēstiola"
    },
    {
      "word": "bēstiālis"
    },
    {
      "english": "involving wild beasts; person who fights with wild beasts in the arena",
      "word": "bēstiārius"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "bīstia",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: bīstia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Vulgar Latin: bīstia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "bishë",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: bishë",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: bishë"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "bìsa",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: bìsa, béssa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: bìsa, béssa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "bies'cia"
          },
          "expansion": "Istriot: bies'cia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istriot: bies'cia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "biscia"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: biscia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: biscia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "bisse"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: bisse, biche\nMiddle French: biche\nFrench: biche",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: bisse, biche\nMiddle French: biche\nFrench: biche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "bescha"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: bescha\nGalician: bicha\nPortuguese: bicha\nKabuverdianu: bitchu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: bescha\nGalician: bicha\nPortuguese: bicha\nKabuverdianu: bitchu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "bicho",
            "3": "bicha"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: bicho, bicha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: bicho, bicha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "bis",
            "3": "bise"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: bis, bise",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: bis, bise"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "bèsa"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: bèsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: bèsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "bisa",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: bisa, bìsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: bisa, bìsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aragonese: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aragonese: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Asturian: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Asturian: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "bestie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: bestie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: bestie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "bestie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: bestie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: bestie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Bestie",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Bestie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Bestie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: bestia\n→ Romanian: bestie\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: бѐштија, бе̏стија\nLatin script: bèštija, bȅstija",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: bestia\n→ Romanian: bestie\n→ Serbo-Croatian:\nCyrillic script: бѐштија, бе̏стија\nLatin script: bèštija, bȅstija"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "beste",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: beste\nMiddle French: beste\nFrench: bête\nGallo: bestt\nNorman: baête (Cotentin), beyte (Pays de Caux, Pays de Rouen), beet (Sark)\n→ Middle Dutch: beest\nDutch: beest\nAfrikaans: bees\nJersey Dutch: bêst, beîśe\nNegerhollands: beest\n→ Papiamentu: bichi\n→ Sranan Tongo: beist\n→ Middle Low German: best\nLow German: Beest\n→ Danish: bæst\n→ German: Biest\n→ Norwegian:\nNorwegian Bokmål: beist, best\nNorwegian Nynorsk: beist\n→ Swedish: best\n→ Middle English: beeste, beste, beest, best, beast, beaste\nEnglish: beast\nScots: beast\nYola: beast",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: beste\nMiddle French: beste\nFrench: bête\nGallo: bestt\nNorman: baête (Cotentin), beyte (Pays de Caux, Pays de Rouen), beet (Sark)\n→ Middle Dutch: beest\nDutch: beest\nAfrikaans: bees\nJersey Dutch: bêst, beîśe\nNegerhollands: beest\n→ Papiamentu: bichi\n→ Sranan Tongo: beist\n→ Middle Low German: best\nLow German: Beest\n→ Danish: bæst\n→ German: Biest\n→ Norwegian:\nNorwegian Bokmål: beist, best\nNorwegian Nynorsk: beist\n→ Swedish: best\n→ Middle English: beeste, beste, beest, best, beast, beaste\nEnglish: beast\nScots: beast\nYola: beast"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "píast",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: píast, péist\nMiddle Irish: péist\nIrish: péist\nManx: beisht\nScottish Gaelic: bèist",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: píast, péist\nMiddle Irish: péist\nIrish: péist\nManx: beisht\nScottish Gaelic: bèist"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Occitan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Occitan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "bèstia"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: bèstia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: bèstia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "vèstia",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Sicilian: vèstia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Sicilian: vèstia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "bèstia"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: bèstia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: bèstia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "besta",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: besta, bestia\nGalician: besta\nPortuguese: besta",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: besta, bestia\nGalician: besta\nPortuguese: besta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "bestga",
            "3": "biestg",
            "4": "bestia",
            "5": "bes-cha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: bestga, biestg, bestia, bes-cha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: bestga, biestg, bestia, bes-cha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "бестия",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: бестия (bestija)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: бестия (bestija)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sk",
            "2": "beštia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Slovak: beštia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Slovak: beštia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: bestia\nPapiamentu: bestia",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: bestia\nPapiamentu: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "bestia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Venetian: bestia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Venetian: bestia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "בעסטיע",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yiddish: בעסטיע (bestye)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yiddish: בעסטיע (bestye)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰwes-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dʰwēstiā"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰwēstiā",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*dʰwēs-",
        "t": "to breathe"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰwēs- (“to breathe”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*dʰwes-",
        "t": "to breathe"
      },
      "expansion": "*dʰwes- (“to breathe”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "deer"
      },
      "expansion": "English deer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "The origin is unknown. A Proto-Indo-European preform *dʰwēstiā has been proposed, from the root *dʰwēs- (“to breathe”) (compare Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius) from *dʰwes- (“to breathe”); more at English deer), but this is uncertain, since an initial f- would be expected in Latin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bēstia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "bēstia f (genitive bēstiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bēstia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰwes-",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with unknown etymologies"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A lion, the strongest of beasts, who hath no fear of any thing he meeteth (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.)",
          "ref": "405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.30.30",
          "text": "Leō fortissimus bēstiārum ad nūllīus pavēbit occursum."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a beast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "ipa": "/ˈbeːs.ti.a/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "ipa": "[ˈbeːs̠t̪iä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "ipa": "/ˈbes.ti.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstia",
      "ipa": "[ˈbɛst̪iä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "ipa": "/ˈbeːs.ti.aː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "ipa": "[ˈbeːs̠t̪iäː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "ipa": "/ˈbes.ti.a/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "form": "bēstiā",
      "ipa": "[ˈbɛst̪iä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bēlua"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bestia"
}

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