bidens
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See also: Bidens
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbi.dens/, [ˈbɪd̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.dens/, [ˈbiːd̪ens]
Adjective
[edit]bidēns (genitive bidentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- having two teeth, e.g. a young sheep
- (figuratively) two-pronged, such as a heavy hoe or mattock with two iron prongs or “teeth”
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | bidēns | bidentēs | bidentia | ||
Genitive | bidentis | bidentium | |||
Dative | bidentī | bidentibus | |||
Accusative | bidentem | bidēns | bidentēs | bidentia | |
Ablative | bidentī | bidentibus | |||
Vocative | bidēns | bidentēs | bidentia |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “bidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bidens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bidens 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)
- bidens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “bidens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “bidens”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin