bombus Latin · revision 9321

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Ennius|origins=grc βόμβος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈbɔm.bʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈbɔm.bus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bombus''' ''m'' (genitive bombī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|βόμβος|tr=bómbos|t=booming, humming]], a word of onomatopoeic origin.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Ennius, whom he dates 204–169 BC, and Ennius is said to have called the sound of feet ''bombus pedum''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a deep sound, a rumble, booming, and of bees a buzzing, humming, as in Varro.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Medieval Latin it meant a loud noise, a peal.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a bellow, a peal, and rumbling.^(DMLBS) Through Italian ''bomba'' and French ''bombe'' it is probably the source of [[en|bomb]] (1580s).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of bees.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1580s – English ''bomb'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A booming, rumble.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A buzzing, humming (of bees).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bombilō]]

+ * [[bombulus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bombiō]]

+ * [[bombito]]

+ * [[bombizō]]

+ * [[Bombomachidēs]]

+ * [[bumbum]]

+ * [[en|bomb]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}