LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

bombus1

bombus m (genitive bombī)
Classical[ˈbɔm.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbɔm.bus]

Meaning

  1. masculinea buzz or humming sound
  2. masculinea hollow and deep sound
  3. masculinea bumblebee
  4. masculinea fart
    "Facesse hinc ocyus" Ugulottus ait "atque hanc tuam foetidam barbam, quae nos malo odore conturbat, amove." […] "Referta est", inquit Ugulottus, "omnibus bombis, quae unquam ab hominibus editae sunt […]"Ugulottus said, "Go away from here fast, and cut off your stinky beard, which has disturbed us with its bad smell." […] And Ugulottus said, "It's linked to all the farts that have ever been let off by anyone15th c., Poggio Bracciolini, Facetiae Latinae
    Terribilem foedo misit de podice bumbumShe blew off a terrible fart from her foul ass15th c., Janus Pannonius, De Lucia
  5. New Latinmasculinea bomb, explosive

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebombusbombī
genitivebombībombōrum
dativebombōbombīs
accusativebombumbombōs
ablativebombōbombīs
vocativebombebombī

bombus, i, m., = βόμβος,
I. a hollow, deep sound, a booming, humming, buzzing: Ennius sonum pedum bombum pedum dixit, Fortun. Dial. (v. Enn. p. 183 fin. Vahl.); of bees; of a horn; of the clapping of hands: si (apes) intus faciunt bombum, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32: cum tuba... mugit, Et reboat raucum regio cita barbara bombum, Lucr. 4, 546: raucisonos efflabant cornua bombos, Cat. 64, 263: torva mimalloneis inplerunt cornua bombis, Pers. 1, 99 Coningt. ad loc.; Mart. Cap. 1, § 67; 2, § 197: organorum, Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 23: qui plausuum genera condiscerent (bombos et imbrices et testas vocabant), Suet. Ner. 20 Casaub.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos), of onomatopoeic origin.

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
bombus2
bombus (feminine bomba, neuter bombum)
Classical[ˈbɔm.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbɔm.bus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepeal
  2. adjectivebreaking wind, farting

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebombusbombabombum
genitivebombībombaebombī
dativebombōbombaebombō
accusativebombumbombambombum
ablativebombōbombābombō
vocativebombebombabombum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebombībombaebomba
genitivebombōrumbombārumbombōrum
dativebombīsbombīsbombīs
accusativebombōsbombāsbomba
ablativebombīsbombīsbombīs
vocativebombībombaebomba

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos), of onomatopoeic origin.

Descendants
  • Italianbombo
  • Frenchbombefrom Italian bombo
  • Englishbombfrom Italian bombo
  • Italianbomba
  • Spanishbombo
  • Spanishbomba
  • Emilianbånba
  • Norwegian Bokmålbombefrom Italian bombo
  • Sicilianbumma

Quick answers

What does bombus mean in Latin?
bombus, a noun, means “a buzz or humming sound; a hollow and deep sound; a bumblebee”.
What is the genitive of bombus?
The genitive singular is bombī. bombus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce bombus?
In classical Latin, [ˈbɔm.bʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbɔm.bus].