bombus

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bombus

  1. conditional of bombi

Latin

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos), of onomatopoeic origin.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    bombus m (genitive bombī); second declension

    1. a buzz or humming sound
    2. a hollow and deep sound
    3. (Medieval Latin and later) a fart
      Synonyms: pēditum, crepitus ventris
      • 15th c., Poggio Bracciolini, Facetiae Latinae :
        "Facesse hinc ocyus" Ugulottus ait "atque hanc tuam foetidam barbam, quae nos malo odore conturbat, amove." [] "Referta est", inquit Ugulottus, "omnibus bombis, quae unquam ab hominibus editae sunt [] "
        Ugulottus said, "Go away from here fast, and cut off your stinky beard, which has disturbed us with its bad smell." [] And Ugulottus said, "It's linked to all the farts that have ever been let off by anyone
      • 15th c., Janus Pannonius, De Lucia :
        Terribilem foedo misit de podice bumbum
        She blew off a terrible fart from her foul ass
    4. (New Latin) a bomb, explosive
      Synonyms: pila incendiāria, bomba, petardum, pyrobolus

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative bombus bombī
    Genitive bombī bombōrum
    Dative bombō bombīs
    Accusative bombum bombōs
    Ablative bombō bombīs
    Vocative bombe bombī

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Translingual: Bombus
    • Italian: bombo
      • French: bombe
        • English: bomb (see there for further descendants)
        • Norwegian Bokmål: bombe
    • Sicilian: bumma
    • Spanish: bombo, bomba

    References

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    • bombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • bombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • bombus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • bombus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.