belbus

Latin

Etymology

Probably related to bēlua (“beast”), written belva, belba in Late Latin.[1]

Noun

belbus m (genitive belbī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) hyena
    • Gordiani Tres Iuli Capitolini [the three Gordiani by Julius Capitolinus], 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.

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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