bombycinus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βομβῡ́κινος (bombū́kinos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bombȳcinus (feminine bombȳcina, neuter bombȳcinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. silken, silky

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative bombȳcinus bombȳcina bombȳcinum bombȳcinī bombȳcinae bombȳcina
genitive bombȳcinī bombȳcinae bombȳcinī bombȳcinōrum bombȳcinārum bombȳcinōrum
dative bombȳcinō bombȳcinae 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.
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