belua

Latin

Alternative forms

• bellua

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbeː.lu.a/, [ˈbeːɫ̪uä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.lu.a/, [ˈbɛːluä]

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

• (beast): bēstia

Derived terms

• bēluālis
• bēluātus
• bēluīnus
• bēluōsus

Descendants

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

References

• “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.