bostellus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • bustellus, boistellus

Etymology

From bostia (“box”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bostellus m (genitive bostellī); second declension[1][2]

  1. (Middle Latin) bushel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative bostellus bostellī
genitive bostellī bostellōrum
dative bostellō bostellīs
accusative bostellum bostellōs
ablative bostellō bostellīs
vocative bostelle bostellī

Descendants

  • Old French: bussel, busselle, busel, boissel, busshell

References

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “bustellus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 110
  2. ^ "bostellus", 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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