belua

== Latin == === Alternative forms === bellua === Etymology === Of uncertain origin. Often compared with bestia (“beast”), also of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbeː.ɫu.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɛː.lu.a] === Noun === bēlua f (genitive bēluae); first declension (wild) beast, monster brute ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (beast): bēstia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Italian: belva Portuguese: belfa →⇒ French: belluaire === 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.