bombyx

See also: Bombyx

English

Instars of Silkmoths

Etymology

From translingual Bombyx, from Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux). Compare bombast.

Noun

bombyx (plural bombyxes)

1. Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries.

References

• Bombyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bombyx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

French

Etymology

From Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.biks/

Noun

bombyx m (plural bombyx)

1. bombyx

   Synonym: ver à soie (“silkworm”)

2. (archaic, obsolete) a type of woodwind instrument

Derived terms

• bombycique
• bombyx chinois du chêne
• bombyx du chêne
• bombyx du mûrier
• bombyx laineux
• bombyx neustrien

References

• “bombyx”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux); see Middle Persian pmbk' for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.byːks/, [ˈbɔmbyːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.biks/, [ˈbɔmbiks]

Noun

bombȳx m (genitive bombȳcis); third declension

1. silkworm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bombȳx	bombȳcēs
genitive	bombȳcis	bombȳcum
dative	bombȳcī	bombȳcibus
accusative	bombȳcem	bombȳcēs
ablative	bombȳce	bombȳcibus
vocative	bombȳx	bombȳcēs

Derived terms

• bombȳcinus

Descendants

• English: bombyx
• French: bombyx m
• Spanish: bómbice m
• Italian: bombice m
• Translingual: Bombyx

References

• “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