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LNS

bombyx, bombȳcis

bombyx

βόμβυξ

noun (c., 3^rd Greek declension)

The silk-worm
That which is made of silk, a silken garment, silk
Arabian
any fine fibre, cotton

Abbreviations

bombyx, ȳcis, m. (f., Plin. 11, 23, 27; Tert. Pall. 3), = βόμβυξ. The silk-worm, Plin. 11, 22, 25, § 75 sqq.; Mart. 8, 33, 16; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 121; Isid. Orig. 12, 5, 8; 19, 27, 5.

— Meton. That which is made of silk, a silken garment, silk: Arabius, Arabian (the best), Prop. 2, 3, 15: Assyria bombyx, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 78.

— In gen., for any fine fibre, e. g. cotton, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.