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beluarum

beluarum is a Latin form of belua, meaning “beast, monster”. It is the genitive plural feminine noun.

Found 36 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Republica 1.30: … a Achilles: Ástrologorum sígna in caelo quíd fit observátionis, Cúm capra aut nepa aút exoritur nómen aliquod béluarum! Quód est ante pedes némo spectat, caéli scrutanúr plagas. Atque idem (multum enim illum audiebam et libenter …

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 1.97: An quicquam tam puerile dici potest (ut eundem locum diutius urgeam) quam si ea genera beluarum, quae in rubro mari Indiave gignantur, nulla esse dicamus? atqui ne curiosissimi quidem homines exquirendo au …

All forms of belua (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.