biformis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From bis (“twice”) + -fōrmis (“having the form of”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biˈfoːr.mis/, [bɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /biˈfor.mis/, [biˈfɔrmis]
Adjective edit
bifōrmis (neuter bifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Having two forms
- two-faced (as Janus)
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | bifōrmis | bifōrme | bifōrmēs | bifōrmia | |
| Genitive | bifōrmis | bifōrmium | |||
| Dative | bifōrmī | bifōrmibus | |||
| Accusative | bifōrmem | bifōrme | bifōrmēs bifōrmīs |
bifōrmia | |
| Ablative | bifōrmī | bifōrmibus | |||
| Vocative | bifōrmis | bifōrme | bifōrmēs | bifōrmia | |
References edit
- “biformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “biformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- biformis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.