bisonus

Latin

FWOTD – 14 August 2023

Etymology

From bi- +‎ -sonus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.so.nus/, [ˈbɪs̠ɔnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.so.nus/, [ˈbiːs̬onus]

Adjective

bisonus (feminine bisona, neuter bisonum); first/second-declension adjective (probably hapax)

1. sounding twice
   • c. 400 CE, Servius Honoratus, Commentary on the Aeneid 9.615:

     Biforem dat tībia cantum: bisonum, imparem.

     The pipe makes for a two-bored song: that is, sounding twice, unequal.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bisonus	bisona	bisonum		bisonī	bisonae	bisona
genitive	bisonī	bisonae	bisonī		bisonōrum	bisonārum	bisonōrum
dative	bisonō	bisonae	bisonō		bisonīs
accusative	bisonum	bisonam	bisonum		bisonōs	bisonās	bisona
ablative	bisonō	bisonā	bisonō		bisonīs
vocative	bisone	bisona	bisonum		bisonī	bisonae	bisona

References

• “bisonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bisonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “bisonus” in volume 2, column 2015, line 35 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present