bombyx

See also: Bombyx

English

Instars of Silkmoths

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin bombyx, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux).

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

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bombyx f (genitive bombycis); third declension

1. silkworm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bombyx	bombycēs
Genitive	bombycis	bombycum
Dative	bombycī	bombycibus
Accusative	bombycem	bombycēs
Ablative	bombyce	bombycibus
Vocative	bombyx	bombycēs

Derived terms

• bombycīnus

Descendants

• English: bombyx
• Spanish: bómbice
• 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