bombus

See also: Bombus

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbombus/

Verb

bombus

1. conditional of bombi

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.bus/, [ˈbɔmbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.bus/, [ˈbɔmbus]

Noun

bombus m (genitive bombī); second declension

1. A buzz or humming sound.

Declension

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

• bombōsus
• bombisonus

Related terms

• bombicō
• bombilō
• bombito
• bombizō
• bombiō
• Bombomachidēs

 

Descendants

• Translingual: Bombus
• English: bomb
• Italian: bombo
• Spanish: bombo, bomba

References

• “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.