belua
Latin
Alternative forms
- bellua
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Often compared with bestia (“beast”), itself of uncertain origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbeː.lu.a/, [ˈbeːɫ̪uä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.lu.a/, [ˈbɛːluä]
Noun
bēlua f (genitive bēluae); first declension
- (wild) beast, monster
- brute
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bēlua | bēluae |
| Genitive | bēluae | bēluārum |
| Dative | bēluae | bēluīs |
| Accusative | bēluam | bēluās |
| Ablative | bēluā | bēluīs |
| Vocative | bēlua | bēluae |
Synonyms
- (beast): bēstia
Derived terms
Derived terms
- bēluālis
- bēluātus
- bēluīnus
- bēluōsus
Descendants
- French: belluaire
- Italian: belva
- Portuguese: belfa
References
- 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