bombycinus
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
bombȳcinus, a, um (bombyx), seiden, aus Seide, vestis, Plin.: taenia, Mart.: mitellae, Apul.: vestimenta et bombycina et serica, ICt. – Plur. subst., bombȳcina, ōrum, n., seidene Kleider, Seidengewänder, seidene Stoffe, Mart. 8, 68, 7 u.a. Apul. met. 8, 27 (u. dazu Hildebr.). Ven. Fort. vit. s. Mart. 2, 88. – Sing. bombȳcinum, ī, n., Seidenweberei, Isid. 19, 22, 13.
