belbus

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Latin

Etymology

Probably related to bēlua (“beast”), written belva, belba in Late Latin.

Noun

belbus m (genitive belbī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) hyena
    • Gordiani Tres Iuli Capitolini , cap. 33, num. 1; in: Scriptores Historiae Augustae recensvit Hermannus Peter volumen alterum, Lipsia, 1865, page 51:
      belbi, id est yaenae, decem,

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative belbus belbī
Genitive belbī belbōrum
Dative belbō belbīs
Accusative belbum belbōs
Ablative belbō belbīs
Vocative belbe belbī

Synonyms

References

  • “belbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • belbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “bellua”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 68
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