bombyx, cis, m. (f., Plin. 11, 23, 27; Tert. Pall. 3), = bo/mbuc. I.The silk-worm, Plin. 11, 22, 25, 75 sqq.; Mart. 8, 33, 16; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 121; Isid. Orig. 12, 5, 8; 19, 27, 5.—II.Meton.A.That which is made of silk, a silken garment, silk: Arabius, Arabian (the best), Prop. 2, 3, 15: Assyria bombyx, Plin. 11, 23, 27, 78.—B. In gen., for any fine fibre, e. g. cotton, Plin. 19, 1, 2, 14.