bipes

See also: bipés

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bip/
• Homophones: bipe, bipent

Verb

bipes

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of biper

Latin

Etymology

From bi- +‎ pēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.peːs/, [ˈbɪpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.pes/, [ˈbiːpes]

Adjective

bipēs (genitive bipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. two-footed, bipedal
   • Vergil, Georgicon IV, 389 (edited and translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, Virgil with an English translation I, 1916)

     Est in Carpathio Neptuni gurgite vates, | caeruleus Proteus, magnum qui piscibus aequor | et iuncto bipedum curru metitur equorum.

     In Neptune's Carpathian flood there dweels a seer, Proteus, of sea-green hue, who traverses the mighty main in his car drawn by fishes and a team of two-footed steeds.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	bipēs			bipedēs	bipedia
Genitive	bipedis			bipedium bipedum
Dative	bipedī			bipedibus
Accusative	bipedem	bipēs		bipedēs	bipedia
Ablative	bipedī			bipedibus
Vocative	bipēs			bipedēs	bipedia

Descendants

• → Catalan: bípede
• → English: biped
• → French: bipède
  • → Romanian: biped
• → Portuguese: bípede

References

• “bipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bipes 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)
• bipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪpɛs/

Verb

bipes

1. Soft mutation of pipes.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pipes	bipes	mhipes	phipes
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.