bombyx

== English == === Etymology === From translingual Bombyx, from Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux). Compare bombast. === Noun === bombyx (plural bombyxes) Any member of the genus Bombyx of true silkmoths, whose caterpillars often feed on mulberries. === References === Bombyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia bombyx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies == French == === Etymology === From Latin bombyx, from Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔ̃.biks/ === Noun === bombyx m (invariable) bombyx Synonym: ver à soie (“silkworm”) (archaic, obsolete) a type of woodwind instrument ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “bombyx”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βόμβυξ (bómbux); see Middle Persian pmbk' for more. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɔm.byːks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɔm.biks] === Noun === bombȳx m (genitive bombȳcis); third declension silkworm ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== bombȳcinus ==== Descendants ==== English: bombyx French: bombyx m Spanish: bómbice m Istriot: bìo Italian: bombice m, baco Translingual: Bombyx === References === “bombyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bombyx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “bombyx”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “bombyx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers