bidente
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bidens, (gen.), bidentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
two-pronged; with two teeth; two bladed; having two permanent teeth;
abl. sg. (all) - Entry →bidens, bidentis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
heavy hoe, mattock with two iron teeth;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →bidens, bidentis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
animal for sacrifice (esp. sheep);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...deque eius vocabuli rationibus. VI. Hostiae, quae dicuntur "bidentes", quid sint et quam ob causam ita appellatae sint..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...premiturque iuncto funere funus. Prima uis tardas tetigit bidentes: laniger pingues male carpsit herbas; colla tacturus steterat sacerdos..." 
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...insignis in armis ibat agens lectas aurata fronte bidentes. Delius hic longe candenti veste sacerdos occurrit ramoque vocat..."- P
Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...advena vidisset, mactatos crederet illic lactantes vitulos Amathusiacasque bidentes: hospes erat caesus! sacris offensa nefandis ipsa suas urbes..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...miles saevas aptat ad arma manus. prima bidente vides oneratos arva colentes; prima vocas tardos sub iuga panda..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...factitet, utrum minxerit in patrios cineres, an triste bidental mouerit incestus; certe furit, ac uelut ursus, obiectos caueae..."
