bipes
See also: bipés
French
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.peːs/, [ˈbɪ.peːs]
Adjective
bipēs (genitive bipedis); third declension
- two-footed
- Vergil, Georgicon IV, 389 (edited and translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, Virgil with an English translation I, 1916)
- Est in Carpathio Neptuni gurgite vates, | caeruleus Proteus, magnum qui piscibus aequor | et iuncto bipedum curru metitur equorum.
- In Neptune's Carpathian flood there dweels a seer, Proteus, of sea-green hue, who traverses the mighty main in his car drawn by fishes and a team of two-footed steeds.
- Est in Carpathio Neptuni gurgite vates, | caeruleus Proteus, magnum qui piscibus aequor | et iuncto bipedum curru metitur equorum.
- Vergil, Georgicon IV, 389 (edited and translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, Virgil with an English translation I, 1916)
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bipēs | bipēs | bipedēs | bipedia | |
| Genitive | bipedis | bipedis | bipedium, bipedum | bipedium, bipedum | |
| Dative | bipedī | bipedī | bipedibus | bipedibus | |
| Accusative | bipedem | bipēs | bipedēs | bipedia | |
| Ablative | bipedī | bipedī | bipedibus | bipedibus | |
| Vocative | bipēs | bipēs | bipedēs | bipedia | |
References
- bipes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bipes in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bipes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- bipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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