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.
bombȳcĭnus , a, um, adj. bombyx,