belua

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Often compared with bestia (“beast”), itself of uncertain origin.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bēlua f (genitive bēluae); first declension

  1. (wild) beast, monster
  2. brute

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative bēlua bēluae
genitive bēluae bēluārum
dative bēluae bēluīs
accusative bēluam bēluās
ablative bēluā bēluīs
vocative bēlua bēluae

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: belva
  • Portuguese: belfa
  • →⇒ French: belluaire

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • “belua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “belua”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • belua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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