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.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 80:

     Most mammifera exhale, in the rutting season, peculiar emanations serving to annouce to the male the presence of the female, and excite in him the sexual desire. This situation is true also in the case of insects, for example, in the female of the bombyx butterfly[.]

References

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• IPA^(key): /bɔ̃.biks/

Noun

bombyx m (invariable)

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): [ˈbɔm.byːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔm.biks]

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, baco
• 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