bidentum
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;
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →bidens, bidentis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
heavy hoe, mattock with two iron teeth;
gen. pl. - Entry →bidens, bidentis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
animal for sacrifice (esp. sheep);
gen. pl.
Examples

Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...subter confinia ponto miscentis parat ante ducem, circumque bidentum uisceribus laceris et odori sulphuris aura graminibusque nouis..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sanguine diuos explorant; iam tum pauidis maculosa bidentum corda negant diraque nefas minitantia uena. ire tamen uacuoque sedet..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...odoratis herbosas ignibus aras vinaque dat pateris mactatarumque bidentum, quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta; quae simul adspexit..."
