bimembris
Latin
Etymology
bi- (“two”) + membrum (“limb”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biˈmem.bris/, [bɪˈmɛmbrɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /biˈmem.bris/, [biˈmɛmbris]
Adjective
bimembris (neuter bimembre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- with two sets of limbs; half man, half beast
- epithet for the Centaurs
- Coordinate terms: bicorpor, biformis
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bimembris | bimembre | bimembrēs | bimembria | |
| Genitive | bimembris | bimembrium | |||
| Dative | bimembrī | bimembribus | |||
| Accusative | bimembrem | bimembre | bimembrēs bimembrīs | bimembria | |
| Ablative | bimembrī | bimembribus | |||
| Vocative | bimembris | bimembre | bimembrēs | bimembria | |
References
- bimembris in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bimembris in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers