bifurcum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bifurcus, bifurca, bifurcum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
two-forked, two pronged, bifurcated;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →bifurcum, bifurci:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fork; point at which anything forks; fork of thighs, crotch;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...larvam intravi, paene animam ebullivi, sudor mihi per bifurcum volabat, oculi mortui; vix unquam refectus sum. Melissa..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quoque Teleboasque ense iacent nostro: ramum prior ille bifurcum gesserat, hic iaculum; iaculo mihi vulnera fecit: signa vides..."
