bombyx
See also: Bombyx
English
editEtymology
editFrom translingual Bombyx, from Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux). Compare bombast.
Noun
editbombyx (plural bombyxes)
- Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.
References
edit- Bombyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bombyx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbombyx m (plural bombyx)
- bombyx
- Synonym: ver à soie (“silkworm”)
- (archaic, obsolete) a type of woodwind instrument
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “bombyx”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux); see Middle Persian pmbk' for more.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbom.byːks/, [ˈbɔmbyːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.biks/, [ˈbɔmbiks]
Noun
editbombȳx m (genitive bombȳcis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | bombȳx | bombȳcēs |
Genitive | bombȳcis | bombȳcum |
Dative | bombȳcī | bombȳcibus |
Accusative | bombȳcem | bombȳcēs |
Ablative | bombȳce | bombȳcibus |
Vocative | bombȳx | bombȳcēs |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “bombyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bombyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bombyx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “bombyx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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