biceps
Dictionary entries
- Entry →biceps, (gen.), bicipitis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
two-headed; with two summits; having two parts, two-fold;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all)
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...arua deserit, caelum petens, clementer acto colle Parnasos biceps; at una bimaris Sisyphi terras adit Olenia in arua..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Haemus: ardet in inmensum geminatis ignibus Aetne Parnasosque biceps et Eryx et Cynthus et Othrys et tandem nivibus..." - T
Liber XLI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ferias ac supplicationem se habiturum. in Ueienti agro biceps natus puer, et Sinuessae unimanus, et Auximi puella..." - T
Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Frusinone inter noctem lux orta, et Aefulae agnus biceps cum quinque pedibus natus, et Formiis duo lupi oppidum..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cruentas spicas metentibus uisas esse; Caere porcus biceps et agnus mas idem feminaque natus erat; et Albae..."