bimus

Latin

Etymology

Possible contraction of *bihiemus, from bis + hiems, or inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dwiǵʰimos; compare Proto-Germanic *twigimaz (“two years old”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.mus/, [ˈbiːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.mus/, [ˈbiːmus]

Adjective

bīmus (feminine bīma, neuter bīmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. two years old
2. lasting two years

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bīmus	bīma	bīmum		bīmī	bīmae	bīma
Genitive	bīmī	bīmae	bīmī		bīmōrum	bīmārum	bīmōrum
Dative	bīmō		bīmō		bīmīs
Accusative	bīmum	bīmam	bīmum		bīmōs	bīmās	bīma
Ablative	bīmō	bīmā	bīmō		bīmīs
Vocative	bīme	bīma	bīmum		bīmī	bīmae	bīma

Derived terms

• bīmātus

Related terms

• trīmus
• quadrīmus

Descendants

• Portuguese: bimo

References

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