bisulcilingua

Latin

Etymology

From bisulcus (“two-furrowed”) +‎ lingua (“tongue”) thus literally, “having a forked tongue”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bi.sul.kiˈlin.ɡʷa/, [bɪs̠ʊɫ̪kɪˈlʲɪŋɡʷä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bi.sul.t͡ʃiˈlin.ɡwa/, [bis̬ul̠ʲt͡ʃiˈliŋɡwä]

Adjective

bisulcilingua

1. hypocritical, deceitful
   • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 5.2.74:

     bisulcilingua, quasi proserpens bestia

Declension

First-declension adjective found only in the feminine.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bisulcilingua	bisulcilinguae
Genitive	bisulcilinguae	bisulcilinguārum
Dative	bisulcilinguae	bisulcilinguīs
Accusative	bisulcilinguam	bisulcilinguās
Ablative	bisulcilinguā	bisulcilinguīs
Vocative	bisulcilingua	bisulcilinguae

Further reading

• “bisulcilingua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press