bombycinus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek βομβῡ́κινος (bombū́kinos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɔmˈbyː.kɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bomˈbiː.t͡ʃi.nus] === Adjective === bombȳcinus (feminine bombȳcina, neuter bombȳcinum); first/second-declension adjective silken, silky ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “bombycinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bombycinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “bombycinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.