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Χειμὼν κατ' οἴκους ἐστὶν ἀνδράσιν γυνή → Mulier marito saeva tempestas domi → Als ein Gewitter tobt im Haus dem Mann die Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 540

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.