Dictionary formbestia, bestiae(feminine)
Translation
beast, animal; wild beast
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | bestia | bestiae |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | bestia | bestiae |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | bestiam | bestias |
| Genitiveof | bestiae | bestiarum |
| Dativeto, for | bestiae | bestiis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | bestia | bestiis |
Examples
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The beast lives in the wood.
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We saw beasts in the field.
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The beasts do not fear the man.
pugnavit.
He fought with wild beasts.
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The blood of the beast was on the altar.
Bestia, bestiae is first declension feminine, and it is the grammatically easy member of an awkward set. Animal is any living creature including humans; fera is a wild animal as opposed to a tame one; pecus is livestock; bestia is a beast, usually large, usually dangerous, and specifically the sort put into an arena.
That last sense gives the word its Roman colour. Damnatio ad bestias was execution by wild animals, and bestiarius was the man sent in to fight them, which is the background to every martyr narrative in this corpus that has a saint facing the beasts. Christian writers then took bestia as the standard rendering of the Beast of Revelation. English bestial and beast come from it; note the plural bestiae and dative bestiis are one letter apart from the singular.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 10: bestia, specto, pertineo and 7 more words.