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.

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)