βόμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Lithuanian bim̃balas, Latvian bam̃bals, Russian бу́бен (búben, “tambourine”), Albanian bubullimë, and Old Norse bumla.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βόμβος • (bómbos) m (genitive βόμβου); second declension

  1. any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing, booming, rumbling

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βόμβος; τοῦ βόμβου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βόμβος
ho bómbos		 τὼ βόμβω
tṑ bómbō		 οἱ βόμβοι
hoi bómboi
Genitive τοῦ βόμβου
toû bómbou		 τοῖν βόμβοιν
toîn bómboin		 τῶν βόμβων
tôn bómbōn
Dative τῷ βόμβῳ
tôi bómbōi		 τοῖν βόμβοιν
toîn bómboin		 τοῖς βόμβοις
toîs bómbois
Accusative τὸν βόμβον
tòn bómbon		 τὼ βόμβω
tṑ bómbō		 τοὺς βόμβους
toùs bómbous
Vocative βόμβε
bómbe		 βόμβω
bómbō		 βόμβοι
bómboi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Greek: βόμβος (vómvos)
  • → Latin: bombus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms
  • βομβίνος (vomvínos)

Etymology

Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos).

Noun

βόμβος • (vómvos) m (plural βόμβοι)

  1. bumblebee
  2. buzzing, humming (sound)
  3. (medicine) tinnitus

Declension
declension of βόμβος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βόμβος • βόμβοι •
genitive βόμβου • βόμβων •
accusative βόμβο • βόμβους •
vocative βόμβε • βόμβοι •

Synonyms
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