BIF 
BIM 
Bit* 
double mane, a mane on each side. Equus 
bicomis. Veget. 3 
BICoRNIGER (bis & corniger), a, um, 
3 adj . two-horned. Ovid. 
BICoRNIS (bis & cornu), e, adj. having 
2 two horns. Ovid. Fauni bicornes. Ho- 
rat. Luna bicornis. - IT Also, two- 
•pronged. Virg. Furc® bicornes. - 
IT Also, having two arms or branches. 
Virg. Rhenus bicornis. 
WCoRPCR (bis & corpus), is, adj. having 
3 two bodies. Cic. Bicorporein aftiixit ma¬ 
lum, ft. e. the centaurs. 
BICOBITaIAS, e, and BICOBITOS (bis 
2 & cubitus), a, um, adj. of two cubits. 
Plin. Caule bicubitali. VIpul,. Herba 
ramulis bicubitis. 
BIDeNS (bis & dens), tis, adject, having 
2 two teeth or prongs. Plin. An coram 
bidentem. Virg. t'erroque inanus arma- 
ta bidenti, h. e. two-pronged pincers. - 
IT Absol. a sort of mattock, grubbing-axe. 
Virg. glcba versis frangenda bidentibus. 
Juvenal. Bidentis amans, ft. e. fond of 
agriculture. - IT Also, Bidens (bis & 
annus), tis, f. a sheep fit for sacrifice, of 
the age of two years. Virg. mactant 
lectas de more liidentes. Horat. Ten- 
tare multa c®de bidentium Deos.- 
ir Also, any sheep. Phwdr. 
BIDeNTAL (bidens), alis, n. a place blast- 
3 ed with lightning, because a victim was 
sacrificed upon such spots to appease 
the divine anger. Horat. Triste biden¬ 
tal. - IT Also, a person struck with 
lightning. Pers. Triste jaces lucis, evi- 
tandumque bidental. 
BIDIS, is, f. a town of Sicily. Cic. — 
Whence, Bidensis, e, and Bidinus, a, 
um, adj. of or from Bidis. Cic. 
BiDOGM (bis & dies), i, n. the period of 
two days. JYepos. Biduo, et duabus noc- 
tibus. Tcrent. In hoc biduum vale, 
for these two days. Cic. Ut per biduum 
nemo hominem homo agnosceret. Id. 
Loca a Brundusio absunt biduum aut 
triduum, two or three days’ journey. Id. 
Castra aberant bidui. Id. Ventidius 
bidui spatio abest ab eo. Id. Concio bi¬ 
duo nulla, for two days. Sueton. Biduo 
post. Id. Post biduum. Id. Biduo con¬ 
tinent!,/or two days successively. 
UiDOOS (Id.), a,uin, adj. of two days. Liv. 
2 Biduum tempus. 
BIeXNaLIS (bis & annus;, e, adj. of two 
3 years. Justin. 
BIeNNIS (Id.), e, adj. of two years’ con¬ 
tinuance, duorum annorum. Plin. Bi- 
enni spatio. Others read biennii. 
BIENNIUM (Id.), ii, n. the space of two 
years. Cic. , 
BIFARIAM (bifarius), adverb, in twoplacc's 
1 orparts. I.iv. Gemina victoria duobus 
bifariam pra'liis parta. Sueton. Bifariam 
laudatusest. Cic. Bifariam distribuere, 
into tw op arts. Plaut. Dispartire obsoni- 
um bifariam.--11 Also, twice. Mcssa- 
laapud Ocll. Bifariam cum populo agi 
non potest.-IT Also, in two roays, in 
a twofold manner. Pandect. Cognationis 
substantia bifariam intelligitur. 
BIFXRIOS (Supaaios), a, um, adj. divided 
“ into two parts, of two sorts, twofold. 
Apulei. 
BfFER (bis &. fero), a, um, adj. yielding 
2 final twice a year. Virg. biferi rosaria 
Pffisti. Plin. Ficus bifer®.-11 Also, 
twofold. Manil. biferum Centauri cor¬ 
pus. 
BIFIDaTOS, a, um, the same as Bifidus. 
2 Plin. 
BIFIDOS (bis & findo), a, um, adj. split or 
2 divided into two parts, Sixmos Ovid. Bi- 
fidos pedes. Plin. Lacertis lingua bifida. 
BIFISSOS, a, um, the same as bifidus. 
3 Solin. 
BIFQRIS (bis & foris), e, adj. having 
3 two folds or leaves. Ovid. Bifores intra- 
bat Luna fenestras.-If Also, having 
two holes or openings. Solin. Nidos mo- 
Iiuntur bifori accessu. Virg. Biforem 
dat tibia cantum, played on a pipe with 
two holes. 
BIFoRM aTOS, a, um, the same as Bifor- 
" Cic. 
BIF6RMIS (bis & forma), e, adj. having 
2 two shapes, double-shaped. Tacit. Bifor- 
roes hominum partus. Virg Proles bi- 
tormis Minotaurus inest. Horat,. bifor- 
^sVates, ft. e. as a man and as a swan. 
Oved. Janus biformis. 
BIF6R0S, a, um, the same as Biforis. 
3 Vitruv. 
BTFRoNS (bis & frons), ontis, adj. with 
3 two faces. Virg. Jani bifrontis imago. 
BIFuRCOS (bis & furca), a, um, adj. hav¬ 
ing two prongs, two-pronged. Liv. Bifur- 
ci valli. Ovid. Ramus hifurcus. 
BIG A (for bijuga, from bis & jugum), ®, 
f. a pair of horses yoked to a chariot, gen¬ 
erally in the plural. Plin. Bigas pri- 
mas junxit Phrygum natio. Virg. Rap- 
tatus bigis.-11 Also, a car or chariot 
drawn by two horses, or other animals. 
Tacit. Big® Victoria institerat. Sueton. 
Unius big® adjectione. Virg. Aurora 
in roseis fulgebat lutea bigis. 
BIGATOS (biga), a, um, adj. stamped with 
the. figure of a biga. Liv. Argentum bi- 
gatum. — And absol. Liv. Quingentos 
bigatos numerare, a coin bearing the biga 
on the reverse. 
BIGeMMEOS (bis & gemma), a, um, adj. 
having or set with two gems. Trebell. 
Annulus bigemmeus. 
BIGeMMIS (Id.), e, adj. having tioo buds. 
Colum. 
BIGENERftS (bis & genus), a, um, adj. of 
two kinds, mongrel. Varr. 
BIGeRRIoNeS, um, m. a people of Gaul, 
whose capital was Tarbe, now Bigorre. 
Cces. — Hence, Bigerrlcus, and Bigerri- 
tanus, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to this 
people. Sidon. Bigerricus turbo, from 
their quarter. JIuson. Bigerritana patria. 
BIJOGIS (bis & jugum), e, adj. drawn by 
3 two horses. Sueton. Curriculum bijuge. 
Virg. Bijujes equi, a pair of horses 
yoked to a chariot. 
BIJOGOS (Id.), a, um, adj. drawn by two 
3 horses. Lucret. Bijugus currus. Virg. 
Bijugi equi, two horses under one yoke. — 
And absol. Virg. Bijugis fugiens. Id. 
Certamen bijugum, a race with bigw. 
-IT Figur. Claudian. Bijuges fasces, 
ft. e. double. 
BILaNX (bis & lanx), ancis, adj. with two 
3 scales or balances. Martian. Capcll. 
BILBILIS, is, f. a town of Spain, the birth¬ 
place of Martial. Plin. 
BILIBRA (bis & libra), a?, f. two-pound 
weight. Liv. Bilibra farris. 
BILIBRIS (Id.), e, adj. containing two 
pounds. Horat. Cornu bilibri. - 
11 Also, weighing two pounds. Martial. 
Mull us bilibris. Plin. Bilibres off*. 
BILINGUIS (bis & lingua), e, adj. having 
3 two tongues. Plaut. -11 Also, speaking 
two languages. Horat. Canusini more 
bilinguis, ft. c. speaking a mixed dialect. 
-11 Also, double-tongued, double, de¬ 
ceitful, false, treacherous. Virg. Quippe 
domum timet ambiguam, Tyriosque 
bilingues. Phatdr. Quantum homo bi¬ 
linguis s®pe concinnat mali. 
BILIoSOS (bilis), a,um,adj. aboundingin 
2 bile, bilious. Cels. 
BILIS (unc.), is, f. bile,xo\fi. Horat. Pur- 
gare bilem. Cic. Cum bilis redundat, 
morbi nascuntur. Plur. Plin. Biles de- 
traliere. Id. Bilis suffusa, the jaundice. 
In the same sense, Senec. suffusio luri- 
d® bilis. Plin. Sufl'usus bile, having 
the jaundice. - IT Figur. choler, ire, 
wrath, anger. Cic. Bilem id commovet. 
Horat.. Splendida bilis. Id. Meum je- 
cur urit bilis, I burn with indignation. 
Juvenal. Efi'undere bilem, to give a loose 
to. Id. Movere alicui bilem. Senec. 
Bilem habere, to be in a passion. Plaut. 
Bilem concire in nasum, to provoke to 
anger. Cels. Atra bilis, raerr, fury ; in¬ 
sanity. So, Senec. Nigra bilis. 
BILIX (bis & licium), icis, adj. woven 
3 with a double thread. Hirer. Bilicem lori- 
cam. 
BILuSTRIS (bis & lustrum), e, adj. of the 
3 space of ten years. Ovid. See Lustrum. 
BILyCIINIS (bis & lychnus), e, adj. hav- 
3 ing two lights. Petron. Lucerna bilych¬ 
nis. 
BIMaMMIA (bis & mamma), a:, f. sc. 
2 vitis, bearing two large clusters of grapes 
like paps. Plin. 
BIMARIS (bis & mare), e, adj. lying on 
two seas. Horat. Bimaris Corinthus. 
BIMXRITOS (bis & maritus), i, m. the hus- 
2 band of two wives. Cic. 
BIMaTER (bis & mater), tris, adj. having 
3 two mothers. Ovid. Bacchum bimatrem, 
having been born first of Scmcle, and 
then from the thigh of Jupiter. 
103 
BIMaTOS (bimus), us, m. the age of tun 
2 years. Plin. Ultra bimatum non vivunt. 
BIMeMBRIS (bis & membrum), e, adj. 
3 having double members; with twofold limbs. 
Juvenal. Bimembri monstrum puero 
comparo. - IT Also, having limbs of 
different species. Virg. Nubigen® bi- 
membres; centaurs. Absol. Ovid. La- 
vere bimembres vulnera. 
BIMeNSIS (bis mensis), is, m. the 
space of two months. Liv. 
BIMeSTRIS (Id.), e, adj. of two months. 
2 Plane, ad Ciccr. — Abl. Horat. Porco 
bimestri; and Ovid. Porca bimestre. 
BI ME TER (bis & metrum),tra,trum, adj, 
3 consisting of two metres, olpcrpo;. Sidon. 
BIMOLuS (diminut. from bimus), a, um, 
2 adj. of the age of two years. Catull. Pueri 
bimuli instar. 
BIMDS (bis), a, um, adj. of two years, two 
1 years old, of two years’ continuance, 6ie- 
rfis. Van-. Taurum biinum. Plane, 
ad Ciccr. Legio bima. Horat. Bimuin 
inerum. Martial. Pensio bima, the rent 
that has now run on two years. -IT Cic. 
Sententia bima, for continuing my com¬ 
mand two years longer. , 
BINaRIOS (bini), a, um, adj. containing 
3 or consisting of two things. Lamprid. 
BINI (bis), ®, a, adj. two and two, two by 
two. Cic. Describebat censores binos in 
singulas civitates. Id. Unicuique binos 
pedes assignare, two to each. Id. Fene- 
rari binis centesimis, at two per cent, per 
month. See Centesima. Id. Venationes 
bin® per dies quinque, two a day. - 
11 Also, two. Lucret. Secare aliquid in 
bina. -Particularly of things joined 
or reckoned together, as a pair, Sec. 
Cic. Tern a, aut bina verba dicebant. 
Id. Per binos tabellarios misi litteras. 
Plaut. Boves bini, a yoke of oxen. Cic. 
Bini scyphi. — Or with nouns which 
have no singular, or whose plural has a 
peculiar sense. Cic. Binas litteras ac- 
cepisse. Id. Bina castra. Id. Inter bi¬ 
nos ludos. Id. Bin® copi®.-11 Or 
joined with numerals. Quintal. Bina 
millia. Martial. Quater bini nummi, 
eight. — Also, with nouns of measure. 
Sallust. Verutum pedum binum (for bi¬ 
norum). Plin. Crassitudo binum digi- 
torum.-11 Also, double, twofold. Lu¬ 
cret. Fieri bina. — Singular. Lucret. Bi¬ 
na suppellex. Id. Corpus binum, of the 
centaurs. 
BINoCTVUM (bis & nox), ii, n. two 
2 nights, the space of two nights. Tacit. 
Plusquam binoctium abesse. 
BINoMINIS (bis & nomen), e, adj. liav- 
3 ing two names. Ovid. Binominis Istri, 
ft. e. which zoas called Danubius and Ister. 
Id. Ascanii binominis, ft. e. who was 
also called lulus. 
BINUS, a, um. See Bini. 
BION, i, a kind of wine, made of unripe 
grapes, and celebrated for its sanitary 
qualities. Plin. 
BIoN, onis, m. B uon, Bion, a Greek phi¬ 
losopher, noted for his caustic sayings. — 
Whence, Bioneus, a, um, adj. of or like 
Bion. Horat. Bioneis sennonibus, sa¬ 
tirical. -11 Also, Bion, a Greek pastoral 
poet. 
BI6TIIANATOS (PioBdvaroi), a, um, adj. 
3 that, dies a violent death. Lamprid. 
BIPaLIUM (bis & pala), ii, n. a double 
2 mattock. Cato. Terrain bipalio vertere, 
to dig. Liv. Fossam fodiens bipalio in- 
nixus. 
BIPALMIS, e, and BIPaLMOS (bis & 
3 palmus), a, um, adj. two spans long or 
broad. Liv. Spiculum bipalme. Jlpul. 
Thyrsi bipalmi. 
BIPaRTIS (bis& partio), is, Ivi, Itum, a. 
1 4. to divide into two parts, bisect. Colum. 
Ver bipartitur. Cic. Ita bipartiti fue- 
runt, ut Tiberis inter eos interesset. 
Plin. Bipartiti ftF.thiopes. 
BIPaRTITo (bipartitus), adverb, into two 
parts. Cic. Classis bipartito distributa. 
Cces. Signa bipartito intulerunt, from 
two quarters. 
BIPATkNS (bis & patens), entis, adj. open- 
3 ing two ways, having two leaves. Virg. 
Portis bipatentibus adsunt.-IT Al¬ 
so, having two entrances. Virg. Consi- 
dunt tectis bipatentibus. 
BIPED A (bis & pes), ®, f. a tile, or flag, 
3 two feet long, used in pavements. Pal- 
lad. 
