bombycinus
Latin
Etymology
From bombyx (“silkworm”) + -īnus.
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
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.