bipennis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bipennis (“two-winged”).

Noun

bipennis (plural bipennes)

  1. An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bipennis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Etymology

From bi- (“two-”) +‎ penna (“wing”) +‎ -is (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

bipennis (neuter bipenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. two-edged
  2. two-winged

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative bipennis bipenne bipennēs bipennia
Genitive bipennis bipennium
Dative bipennī bipennibus
Accusative bipennem bipenne bipennēs
bipennīs		 bipennia
Ablative bipennī bipennibus
Vocative bipennis bipenne bipennēs bipennia

Derived terms

References
  • “bipennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bipennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bipennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “bipennis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “bipennis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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