Translingual

Proper noun

Bombus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apidae – the bumblebees.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily; Apidae - family; Apinae - subfamily; Bombini - tribe

Esperanto

Verb

bombus

1. conditional of bombi

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek βόμβος ‎(bómbos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbom.bus/, [ˈbɔm.bʊs]

Noun

bombus m ‎(genitive bombī); second declension

1. A buzz or humming sound.

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• bombiō
• bombito

Descendants

• Italian: bombo
• Spanish: bombo

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bombus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.