bipennis
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bipennis (“two-winged”).
Noun edit
bipennis (plural bipennes)
- (archaic) An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.
- 1937, Starnes, D. T., “Bilingual Dictionaries of Shakespeare’s Day”, in PMLA[1], volume 52, number 4, page 1009:
- Bipennis... A twibill, axe, or twall, sharpe on both sides, wherewith carpenters make mortaises: it was in old time a weapon
Synonyms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From bi- (“two-”) + penna (“wing”) + -is (adjective-forming suffix). As a noun, ellipsis of bipennis secūris f (“two-edged axe”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biˈpen.nis/, [bɪˈpɛnːɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /biˈpen.nis/, [biˈpɛnːis]
Adjective edit
bipennis (neuter bipenne); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension edit
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 | |
Noun edit
bipennis f (genitive bipennis); third declension
- A double-edged battle axe.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bipennis | bipennēs |
| Genitive | bipennis | bipennium |
| Dative | bipennī | bipennibus |
| Accusative | bipennem | bipennēs bipennīs |
| Ablative | bipenne | bipennibus |
| Vocative | bipennis | bipennēs |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “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