bombus
See also: Bombus
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbombus/
Verb
bombus
- conditional of bombi
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos), of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.bus/, [ˈbɔmbʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbom.bus/, [ˈbɔmbus]
Noun
bombus m (genitive bombī); second declension
- a buzz or humming sound
- a hollow and deep sound
- (Medieval Latin and later) a fart
- Synonyms: pēditum, crepitus ventris
- 15th c., Poggio Bracciolini, Facetiae Latinae :
- "Facesse hinc ocyus" Ugulottus ait "atque hanc tuam foetidam barbam, quae nos malo odore conturbat, amove." […] "Referta est", inquit Ugulottus, "omnibus bombis, quae unquam ab hominibus editae sunt […] "
- Ugulottus said, "Go away from here fast, and cut off your stinky beard, which has disturbed us with its bad smell." […] And Ugulottus said, "It's linked to all the farts that have ever been let off by anyone
- "Facesse hinc ocyus" Ugulottus ait "atque hanc tuam foetidam barbam, quae nos malo odore conturbat, amove." […] "Referta est", inquit Ugulottus, "omnibus bombis, quae unquam ab hominibus editae sunt […] "
- 15th c., Janus Pannonius, De Lucia :
- Terribilem foedo misit de podice bumbum
- She blew off a terrible fart from her foul ass
- Terribilem foedo misit de podice bumbum
- (New Latin) a bomb, explosive
- Synonyms: pila incendiāria, bomba, petardum, pyrobolus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bombus | bombī |
| Genitive | bombī | bombōrum |
| Dative | bombō | bombīs |
| Accusative | bombum | bombōs |
| Ablative | bombō | bombīs |
| Vocative | bombe | bombī |
Derived terms
- bombōsus
- bombisonus
- bombula
Related terms
- bombicō
- bombilō
- bombiō
- bombito
- bombizō
- Bombomachidēs
Descendants
- Translingual: Bombus
- Italian: bombo
- → French: bombe
- → English: bomb (see there for further descendants)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: bombe
- → French: bombe
- Sicilian: bumma
- Spanish: bombo, bomba
References
- “bombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bombus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bombus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette