βομβύκινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βόμβῡξ (bómbūx, “silkworm”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bom.by̌ː.ki.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bomˈby.ki.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βomˈby.ci.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vomˈby.ci.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vomˈbi.ci.nos/
Adjective
βομβῡ́κῐνος • (bombū́kĭnos) m (feminine βομβῡκῐ́νη, neuter βομβῡ́κῐνον); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βομβῡ́κῐνος bombū́kĭnos |
βομβῡκῐ́νη bombūkĭ́nē |
βομβῡ́κῐνον bombū́kĭnon |
βομβῡκῐ́νω bombūkĭ́nō |
βομβῡκῐ́νᾱ bombūkĭ́nā |
βομβῡκῐ́νω bombūkĭ́nō |
βομβῡ́κῐνοι bombū́kĭnoi |
βομβῡ́κῐναι bombū́kĭnai |
βομβῡ́κῐνᾰ bombū́kĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | βομβῡκῐ́νου bombūkĭ́nou |
βομβῡκῐ́νης bombūkĭ́nēs |
βομβῡκῐ́νου bombūkĭ́nou |
βομβῡκῐ́νοιν bombūkĭ́noin |
βομβῡκῐ́ναιν bombūkĭ́nain |
βομβῡκῐ́νοιν bombūkĭ́noin |
βομβῡκῐ́νων bombūkĭ́nōn |
βομβῡκῐ́νων bombūkĭ́nōn |
βομβῡκῐ́νων bombūkĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | βομβῡκῐ́νῳ bombūkĭ́nōi |
βομβῡκῐ́νῃ bombūkĭ́nēi |
βομβῡκῐ́νῳ bombūkĭ́nōi |
βομβῡκῐ́νοιν bombūkĭ́noin |
βομβῡκῐ́ναιν bombūkĭ́nain |
βομβῡκῐ́νοιν bombūkĭ́noin |
βομβῡκῐ́νοις bombūkĭ́nois |
βομβῡκῐ́ναις bombūkĭ́nais |
βομβῡκῐ́νοις bombūkĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | βομβῡ́κῐνον bombū́kĭnon |
βομβῡκῐ́νην bombūkĭ́nēn |
βομβῡ́κῐνον bombū́kĭnon |
βομβῡκῐ́νω bombūkĭ́nō |
βομβῡκῐ́νᾱ bombūkĭ́nā |
βομβῡκῐ́νω bombūkĭ́nō |
βομβῡκῐ́νους bombūkĭ́nous |
βομβῡκῐ́νᾱς bombūkĭ́nās |
βομβῡ́κῐνᾰ bombū́kĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | βομβῡ́κῐνε bombū́kĭne |
βομβῡκῐ́νη bombūkĭ́nē |
βομβῡ́κῐνον bombū́kĭnon |
βομβῡκῐ́νω bombūkĭ́nō |
βομβῡκῐ́νᾱ bombūkĭ́nā |
βομβῡκῐ́νω bombūkĭ́nō |
βομβῡ́κῐνοι bombū́kĭnoi |
βομβῡ́κῐναι bombū́kĭnai |
βομβῡ́κῐνᾰ bombū́kĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βομβῡκῐ́νως bombūkĭ́nōs |
βομβῡκῐνώτερος bombūkĭnṓteros |
βομβῡκῐνώτᾰτος bombūkĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βομβύκινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βομβύκινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βομβύκινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)