βομβυλιός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same onomatopoeic source of βόμβος (bómbos, “buzzing, humming”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bom.by.li.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bom.by.liˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βom.by.liˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vom.by.liˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vom.bi.liˈos/
Noun
βομβῠλῐός • (bombŭlĭós) m (genitive βομβῠλῐοῦ); second declension
- buzzing insect, especially the bumblebee
- Synonym: βέμβῐξ (bémbĭx)
- cocoon of the silkworm
- narrow-necked vessel, that gurgles in pouring
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βομβῠλῐός ho bombŭlĭós |
τὼ βομβῠλῐώ tṑ bombŭlĭṓ |
οἱ βομβῠλῐοί hoi bombŭlĭoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βομβῠλῐοῦ toû bombŭlĭoû |
τοῖν βομβῠλῐοῖν toîn bombŭlĭoîn |
τῶν βομβῠλῐῶν tôn bombŭlĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βομβῠλῐῷ tōî bombŭlĭōî |
τοῖν βομβῠλῐοῖν toîn bombŭlĭoîn |
τοῖς βομβῠλῐοῖς toîs bombŭlĭoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βομβῠλῐόν tòn bombŭlĭón |
τὼ βομβῠλῐώ tṑ bombŭlĭṓ |
τοὺς βομβῠλῐούς toùs bombŭlĭoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βομβῠλῐέ bombŭlĭé |
βομβῠλῐώ bombŭlĭṓ |
βομβῠλῐοί bombŭlĭoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βομβυλιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βομβυλιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βομβυλιός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN