Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βομβῡ́κινος (bombū́kinos).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

bombȳcinus (feminine bombȳcina, neuter bombȳcinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. silken, silky

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative bombȳcinus bombȳcina bombȳcinum bombȳcinī bombȳcinae bombȳcina
Genitive bombȳcinī bombȳcinae bombȳcinī bombȳcinōrum bombȳcinārum bombȳcinōrum
Dative bombȳcinō bombȳcinō bombȳcinīs
Accusative bombȳcinum bombȳcinam bombȳcinum bombȳcinōs bombȳcinās bombȳcina
Ablative bombȳcinō bombȳcinā bombȳcinō bombȳcinīs
Vocative bombȳcine bombȳcina bombȳcinum bombȳcinī bombȳcinae bombȳcina

References edit

  • bombycinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bombycinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bombycinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.