bipennis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bipennis (“two-winged”)

Noun

bipennis

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Etymology

bi- +‎ penna (“feather”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /biˈpen.nis/, [bɪˈpɛnːɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /biˈpen.nis/, [biˈpɛnːis]

Adjective

bipennis (neuter bipenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. two-edged
2. two-winged

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	bipennis	bipenne		bipennēs	bipennia
Genitive	bipennis			bipennium
Dative	bipennī			bipennibus
Accusative	bipennem	bipenne		bipennēs bipennīs	bipennia
Ablative	bipennī			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