bombycinus
From LSJ
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bombȳcĭnus: a, um, adj. bombyx,
I of silk, silken (cf. sericus): vestis, Plin. 11, 22, 26, § 76: panniculus, Juv. 6, 260: taenia, Mart. 14, 24; Dig. 34, 2, 23, § 1.—Subst.: bombȳcĭna, ōrum, n., silk garments, Mart. 11, 50, 5; 8, 68, 7; App. M. 8, p. 214, 6.—And bombȳcĭnum, i, n., a silk texture or web, Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 13.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bombȳcĭnus,¹⁶ a, um, de soie : Plin. 11, 76 || subst. n., étoffe de soie : Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 13 ; plur. bombycina Mart. 8, 68, 7, vêtements de soie.
bombic- d. plus. mss.
