βόμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    An onomatopoeic term borrowed from the Pre-Greek substrate. Compare Lithuanian bim̃balas, Latvian bam̃bals (“beetle”), Russian бу́бен (búben, “tambourine”), Albanian bubullimë (“thunder”), and Old Norse bumla (“drum”) for similar formations.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    βόμβος • (bómbos) m (genitive βόμβου); second declension

    1. any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing, booming, rumbling

    Inflection

    Second declension of ὁ βόμβος; τοῦ βόμβου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ βόμβος
    ho bómbos     		τὼ βόμβω
    tṑ bómbō     		οἱ βόμβοι
    hoi bómboi
    Genitive τοῦ βόμβου
    toû bómbou     		τοῖν βόμβοιν
    toîn bómboin     		τῶν βόμβων
    tôn bómbōn
    Dative τῷ βόμβῳ
    tōî bómbōi     		τοῖν βόμβοιν
    toîn bómboin     		τοῖς βόμβοις
    toîs bómbois
    Accusative τὸν βόμβον
    tòn bómbon     		τὼ βόμβω
    tṑ bómbō     		τοὺς βόμβους
    toùs bómbous
    Vocative βόμβε
    bómbe     		βόμβω
    bómbō     		βόμβοι
    bómboi
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Greek: βόμβος (vómvos)
    • → Latin: bombus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βόμβος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 226

    Further reading

    Greek

    Alternative forms

    • βομβίνος (vomvínos)

    Etymology

    Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos).

    Noun

    βόμβος • (vómvos) m (plural βόμβοι)

    1. bumblebee
    2. buzzing, humming (sound)
    3. (medicine) tinnitus

    Declension

    Declension of βόμβος
    singular plural
    nominative βόμβος (vómvos) βόμβοι (vómvoi)
    genitive βόμβου (vómvou) βόμβων (vómvon)
    accusative βόμβο (vómvo) βόμβους (vómvous)
    vocative βόμβε (vómve) βόμβοι (vómvoi)

    Synonyms

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