βόμβυξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The word must be of Anatolian origin, as is also suggested by its structure. Probably related also to βάμβαξ (bámbax, “cotton”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bóm.byːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbom.byks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβom.byks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvom.byks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvom.biks/
Noun
βόμβῡξ • (bómbūx) m (genitive βόμβῡκος); third declension
- silkworm (Bombyx mori)
- garment made of silk
- deeptoned flute
- cap of a flute
- lowest note on the flute
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ βόμβῡξ; τοῦ βόμβῡκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βόμβῡξ ho bómbūx | τὼ βόμβῡκε tṑ bómbūke | οἱ βόμβῡκες hoi bómbūkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βόμβῡκος toû bómbūkos | τοῖν βομβῡ́κοιν toîn bombū́koin | τῶν βομβῡ́κων tôn bombū́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βόμβῡκῐ tôi bómbūki | τοῖν βομβῡ́κοιν toîn bombū́koin | τοῖς βόμβῡξῐ / βόμβῡξῐν toîs bómbūxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βόμβῡκᾰ tòn bómbūka | τὼ βόμβῡκε tṑ bómbūke | τοὺς βόμβῡκᾰς toùs bómbūkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | βόμβῡξ bómbūx | βόμβῡκε bómbūke | βόμβῡκες bómbūkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βομβῡκίας (bombūkías)
- βομβῡ́κινος (bombū́kinos)
- βομβῡ́κιον (bombū́kion)
- βομβῡκοειδής (bombūkoeidḗs)
Descendants
- → Latin: bombyx
- → Translingual: Bombyx
Further reading
- βόμβυξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βόμβυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βόμβυξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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