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Pronunciation
Verb
bombus
- conditional of bombi
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
bombus m (genitive bombī); second declension
- a buzz or humming sound
- a hollow and deep sound
- (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
- (New Latin) a bomb, explosive
- Synonyms: pila incendiāria, bomba, petardum, pyrobolus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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Descendants
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.