belbus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably related to bēlua (“beast”), written belva, belba in Late Latin.[1]
Noun[edit]
belbus m (genitive belbī); second declension
- (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, [...]
- 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:
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- “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.
- ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “bellua”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 68