bostia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *bostyā, Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bostia f (genitive bostiae); first declension[1][2]

  1. (Middle Latin) small box
  2. (Middle Latin) reliquaire

Declension

First-declension noun.

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
  1. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “buxida”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 111
  2. bostia 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)
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