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