bipes
See also: bipés
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bip/
- Homophones: bipe, bipent
Verb
bipes
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of biper
Latin
Etymology
From bi- + pēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.peːs/, [ˈbɪpeːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.pes/, [ˈbiːpes]
Adjective
bipēs (genitive bipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- two-footed, bipedal
- 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)
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bipēs | bipedēs | bipedia | ||
| Genitive | bipedis | bipedium bipedum | |||
| Dative | bipedī | bipedibus | |||
| Accusative | bipedem | bipēs | bipedēs | bipedia | |
| Ablative | bipedī | bipedibus | |||
| Vocative | bipēs | bipedēs | bipedia | ||
Descendants
- → Catalan: bípede
- → English: biped
- → French: bipède
- → Romanian: biped
- → Portuguese: bípede
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɪpɛs/
Verb
bipes
- Soft mutation of pipes.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| pipes | bipes | mhipes | phipes |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||