biceps

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.4 See also 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 4 Latin 4.1 Alternative forms 4.2 Etymology 4.3 Pronunciation 4.4 Adjective 4.4.1 Inflection 4.4.2 Synonyms 4.4.3 Related terms 4.4.4 Descendants 5 Polish 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Declension 5.3.2 Quotations 6 Romanian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Latin biceps (“‘double-headed, two peaked’”), from bis (“‘double’”) + caput (“‘head’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈbaɪ.sɛps/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

biceps (plural biceps or bicepses)

1. (anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.
   • 1901, Michael Foster & Lewis E. Shore, Physiology for Beginners‎, page 73

     The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg.

2. Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
   • 1996, Robert Kennedy & Dwayne Hines II, Animal Arms‎, page 21

     The arm muscles are the show muscles of the physique. When someone asks to "see your muscles," they are most likely referring to your arms, and more specifically, your biceps.

3. (informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
   • 1964, “Muscles are His Business”, Ebony‎, vol. 20, no. 2, Dec, page 147: 

     Today, Stonewall's flexed biceps measure 18 inches around.

   • 2005, Lisa Plumley, Once Upon a Christmas‎, page 144

     Biting her lip, she held his biceps for balance and waded farther.

[edit] Usage notes

• Now often taken as plural form; see bicep.

[edit] Synonyms

• (the biceps brachii): biceps brachii, biceps cubiti
• (the upper arm): guns, pythons, upper arm

[edit] Derived terms

• bicep
• biceps curl

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[edit] Translations

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[edit] Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

[edit] Etymology

From Latin biceps (“‘two-headed’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbi.sɛps/
•  Audio (NL)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

biceps (plural bicepsen, diminutive bicepsje, diminutive plural bicepsjes)

1. (anatomy) biceps; any two-headed muscle
2. the biceps brachii
   • 2007, C. A. Bastiaanssen, Anatomie en Fysiologie‎, page 387

     De biceps en de triceps zijn elkaars antagonisten.

     The biceps and the triceps are each other's antagonist.

[edit] Synonyms

• (biceps brachii): buigspier, spierballen, tweehoofdige armbuigspier

[edit] See also

• tweekoppige

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[edit] French

Wikipedia ^fr

[edit] Etymology

From Latin biceps (“‘double-headed’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bi.sɛps/

[edit] Noun

biceps m. inv.

1. (anatomy) biceps (any two-headed muscle)
2. the biceps brachii
   • 1978, Freddy Buache, Cinéma Anglais, page 154

     Mais Bronson se définit uniquement par son physique (biceps, démarche souple) et non par la densité de sa présence ce qui limite ses possibilités d'emploi.

     But Bronson is defined only by his physique (biceps, supple gait) and not by the density of his presence which limits his employment possibilities.

[edit] Derived terms

• avoir du biceps
• biceps brachial
• biceps crural
• biceps fémoral

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative forms

• bicapitēs
• bicipēs

[edit] Etymology

From bis (“‘double’”) + caput (“‘head’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈbi.keps/

   Audio (Classical)^{help, file}

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbi.tʃɛps/

   Audio (Ecclesiatical)^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

biceps m., f., n., (genitive bicipitis); third declension

1. double-headed, having two heads
   • 8 CE, Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti Liber I, linea 65

     Iane biceps, anni tacite labentis origo

     Two-headed Janus, source of the quietly passing year

2. (of mountains) having two summits or peaks
   • 8 CE, Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses, Liber II, linea 221

     ardet in inmensum geminatis ignibus Aetne
     Parnasosque biceps et Eryx et Cynthus et Othrys

     Aetna blazes in immense doubled flames
     and twin-peaked Parnasus and Eryx, Cynthus and Othrys

3. (of swords) double-edged
   • 1969, Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Stuttgartensia), Proverbia 5:4b

     acuta quasi gladius biceps

     as sharp as a two-edged sword

4. divided into two parts

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	biceps	biceps		bicipitēs	bicipitia
genitive	bicipitis	bicipitis		bicipitium	bicipitium
dative	bicipitī	bicipitī		bicipitibus	bicipitibus
accusative	bicipitem	biceps		bicipitēs	bicipitia
ablative	bicipitī	bicipitī		bicipitibus	bicipitibus
vocative	biceps	biceps		bicipitēs	bicipitia

[edit] Synonyms

• (double-headed): anceps

[edit] Related terms

• anceps
• caput
• centiceps
• trīceps

[edit] Descendants

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin biceps (“‘two-headed’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbi.tsɛps/

[edit] Noun

biceps m.

1. biceps brachii

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	biceps	bicepsy
Genitive	bicepsa	bicepsów
Dative	bicepsowi	bicepsom
Accusative	biceps (bicepsa)	bicepsy
Instrumental	bicepsem	bicepsami
Locative	bicepsie	bicepsach
Vocative	bicepsie	bicepsy

[edit] Quotations

• 1970, Stanisław Lorentz, Walka o Dobra Kultury, Warszawa 1939-1945, Volume 2, page 27

  I właśnie wtedy przyszło mi na myśl uratowanie prasy powstańczej, którą bardzo troskliwie zbierałem do 2 września, to jest do dnia podpalenia naszego domu, a jednocześnie dnia, kiedy zostałem ranny w prawy biceps.

• 1994, Związek Literatów Polskich, Dialog: Miesięcznik Poświęcony Dramaturgii Współczesnej, page 13

  Podwija rękaw i napina starczy biceps.
  LEO: Dziękuję, stąd widzę.
  STARZEC (klepie się po bicepsie): Niebywałe!

  He [Starzec] rolls up his sleeve and tenses elderly biceps.
  LEO: Thanks, I see it from here.
  STARZEC (taps himself on the biceps): Unheard of!

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin biceps (“‘two-headed’”).

[edit] Noun

biceps

1. biceps; any two-headed muscle
2. the biceps brachii