βόμβυξ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editThe word must be of Anatolian origin, as is also suggested by its structure. Probably related also to βάμβαξ (bámbax, “cotton”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bóm.byːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbom.byks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβom.byks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvom.byks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvom.biks/
Noun
editβόμβῡξ • (bómbūx) m (genitive βόμβῡκος); third declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βόμβῡξ ho bómbūx |
τὼ βόμβῡκε tṑ bómbūke |
οἱ βόμβῡκες hoi bómbūkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βόμβῡκος toû bómbūkos |
τοῖν βομβῡ́κοιν toîn bombū́koin |
τῶν βομβῡ́κων tôn bombū́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βόμβῡκῐ tôi bómbūki |
τοῖν βομβῡ́κοιν toîn bombū́koin |
τοῖς βόμβῡξῐ / βόμβῡξῐν toîs bómbūxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βόμβῡκᾰ tòn bómbūka |
τὼ βόμβῡκε tṑ bómbūke |
τοὺς βόμβῡκᾰς toùs bómbūkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | βόμβῡξ bómbūx |
βόμβῡκε bómbūke |
βόμβῡκες bómbūkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- βομβῡκίας (bombūkías)
- βομβῡ́κινος (bombū́kinos)
- βομβῡ́κιον (bombū́kion)
- βομβῡκοειδής (bombūkoeidḗs)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βόμβυξ, -υκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226
Further reading
edit- “βόμβυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βόμβυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βόμβυξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
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