biforem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →biforis, biforis, bifore:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
having two leaves/casements (door/window)/openings, folding; from a double pipe;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quamquam ore et pectore marcet, aeraque tympanaque et biforem reticere tumultum imperat, attonitas qui circum plurimus aures, atque..."- P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...enim Phryges, ite per alta Dindyma, ubi adsuetis biforem dat tibia cantum. tympana vos buxusque vocat Berecyntia Matris..."