bombycinus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βομβῡ́κινος (bombū́kinos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bomˈbyː.ki.nus/, [bɔmˈbyːkɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bomˈbi.t͡ʃi.nus/, [bomˈbiːt͡ʃinus]

Adjective

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

1. silken, silky

Declension

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

• “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.