Italian

Alternative forms

• bestiuola

Noun

bestiola f ‎(plural bestiole)

1. Little animal or beast, creature

Derived terms

• bestiolina

Related terms

• bestia

Anagrams

• aboliste
• obliaste

Latin

Etymology

bēstia ‎(“beast”) +‎ -ola

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /beːsˈti.o.la/, [beːsˈti.ɔ.ɫa]

Noun

bēstiola f ‎(genitive bēstiolae); first declension

1. diminutive of bēstia
2. a little creature or beast
3. vocative singular of bēstiola

bēstiolā f

1. ablative singular of bēstiola

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

References

• bestiola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bestiola in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bestiola”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.