bostia

== Latin == === Alternative forms === bustia, bustea === Etymology === Borrowed from Gaulish *bostyā, Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɔs.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɔs.ti.a] === Noun === bostia f (genitive bostiae); first declension (Middle Latin) small box (Middle Latin) reliquaire ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== bostellus ==== Descendants ==== Old French: boisse === References ===