belbus

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Probably related to belua

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.

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

Synonyms

• hyaena

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.