biceps

See also bíceps

English

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Biceps brachii; the biceps of the arm.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 Dec, “Muscles are His Business”, Ebony‎, volume 20, number 2, 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.
  4. (prosody) A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)
    • 1987, Martin Litchfield West, Introduction to Greek Metre
      Also it is advisable to distinguish this ( ˘ ˘ ) — ˘ ˘ — rhythm, where the princeps was probably shorter in duration than the biceps (as in the dactylic hexameter), from true (marching) anapaests, in which they were equal.
    • 2000, James I. Porter, Nietzsche and the Philology of the Future, page 347
      This means that in the metrical sequence […] recited in ordinary speech rhythm, the princeps occupied a slightly shorter time than the biceps (5:6), and if a long syllable was used to fill the biceps it had to be dragged a little […]

Usage notes

  • Now often taken as plural form; see bicep.

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Translations

any muscle having two heads
biceps brachii — see biceps brachii
the upper arm, especially the muscles
(prosody) point in a metrical poem
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Dutch

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Etymology

From Latin biceps (“two-headed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbi.sɛps/
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Noun

biceps m (plural bicepsen, diminutive bicepsje)

  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.

Synonyms

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

See also

  • tweekoppige
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French

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Etymology

From Latin biceps (“double-headed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bi.sɛps/

Noun

biceps m (plural biceps)

  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.

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Latin

aquila biceps (double-headed eagle)

Alternative forms

  • bicapitēs
  • bicipēs

Etymology

From bis (“double”) + caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

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
    • ca. 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book II, lines 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
  4. divided into two parts

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

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Polish

Biceps

Etymology

From Latin biceps (“two-headed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbi.tsɛps/

Noun

biceps m

  1. biceps brachii

Declension

    declension of biceps
singular plural
nominative biceps bicepsy
genitive bicepsa bicepsów
dative bicepsowi bicepsom
accusative biceps (bicepsa) bicepsy
instrumental bicepsem bicepsami
locative bicepsie bicepsach
vocative bicepsie bicepsy

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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Romanian

Etymology

From French, Latin biceps (“two-headed”).

Noun

biceps m

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bǐtseps/
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ceps

Noun

bìceps m (Cyrillic spelling бѝцепс)

  1. biceps

Declension

    declension of biceps
singular plural
nominative bìceps bicepsi
genitive bicepsa bȉcēpsā
dative bicepsu bicepsima
accusative biceps bicepse
vocative bicepse bicepsi
locative bicepsu bicepsima
instrumental bicepsom bicepsima
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