belua

belua

bēlua (bēlva, nicht bellua), ae, f. (wie bestia viell. vom Stamme FE, wovon das alte feo), ein Tier, bes. großes, schwerfälliges (wie Elefant, Tiger, Löwe, wilder Eber, Walfisch u. andere große Seetiere), ein Untier, I) eig.: in homine mens, in belua quiddam simile mentis, Cic.: quantum natura hominis pecudibus reliquis que beluis antecedat, Cic.: quae in rebus inanimis quaeque in usu et tractatione beluarum fiunt utiliter ad hominum vitam, Cic. – Romulus silvestris beluae sustentatus uberibus, Cic.: b. fera et immanis, b. vasta et immanis. Cic.: ea genera beluarum, quae in rubro mari Indiave gignantur, Cic. – hoc beluarum est, Cic. – vorzugsw. a) der (von den Römern als Wundertier angestaunte) Elefant, quia habes imperium in beluas, Ter.: b. Inda, Ov.: b. Gaetula, Iuven.: beluarum manus (Rüssel), Curt.; vgl. Flach Mart. 1, 104, 10. Grävius Flor. 2, 6, 49. – b) der Wolf, beluae pellis, Wolfsfell, Cael. Aur. acut. 3, 16, 37. – c) die Hyäne, belua od. belva, Barnab. ep. vers. Lat. 10, 7: vulgär belba, Arnob. 7, 16. – II) übtr.: a) als Schimpfwort v. Menschen, α) = dummer Mensch, Rindvieh, Schafskopf, Komik. (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 952). – β) = unverschämter, vertierter Mensch, Untier, Ungetüm, Ungeheuer, furor impurae beluae, Cic.: quid ego hospitii iura in hac immani belua commemoro? Cic.: taetram et pestiferam beluam ne inclusam et constrictam dimittatis cavete, Cic.: volo ego illi beluae ostendere, me etc., Liv. – b) v. Abstr., avaritia belua fera, Ps. Sall. de rep. 2, 8, 4: ignari, quanta belua esset imperium, Suet. Tib. 24. – / Mommsen hat im Solin. immer belva geschrieben, zB. 12, 13; 32, 25. – Über die unrichtige Schreibung bellua s. Brambach Hilfsb. S. 27.


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