bipennis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bipennis (“two-winged”)
Noun
bipennis
- An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.
Synonyms
- twibill
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bipennis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
bi- + penna (“feather”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biˈpen.nis/, [bɪˈpɛn.nɪs]
Adjective
bipennis (neuter bipenne); third declension
- two-edged
- two-winged
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bipennis | bipenne | bipennēs | bipennia | |
| Genitive | bipennis | bipennis | bipennium | bipennium | |
| Dative | bipennī | bipennī | bipennibus | bipennibus | |
| Accusative | bipennem | bipenne | bipennēs, bipennīs | bipennia | |
| Ablative | bipennī | bipennī | bipennibus | bipennibus | |
| Vocative | bipennis | bipenne | bipennēs | bipennia | |
References
- bipennis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bipennis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bipennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- bipennis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bipennis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin