bipenni
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bipennis, bipennis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
two edged ax; battle ax;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - Entry →bipennis, bipennis, bipenne:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
two-edged; having two wings;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all)
Examples
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...alterno domus: enses secures tela, diuisum graui ictu bipennis regium uideo caput; iam scelera prope sunt, iam dolus..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...caelum horrido clamore complet: qualis impressa fugax taurus bipenni uolnus et telum ferens delubra uasto trepida mugitu replet..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...addit fidem. Iterum tamen confirmat invalidam manum altaque bipenni latera pertemptat. Fremit captiva pubes intus, et dum murmurat..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...pinno", quod est acutum, securis utrimque habens aciem "bipennis", ne illorum sequatur errorem qui, quia a pennis duabus..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...freta curre corona.' dixerat. hinc valida caedunt armenta bipenni perfusique sacro placati gurgitis amne graminea sternuntur humo, tunc..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...simul undique cernit delatum nemus et docta resonare bipenni litora. iam pinus gracili dissolvere lamna Thespiaden iungique latus..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...puer malasque comamque integer, ignaro cui tunc Thebana bipennis in galeam librata uenit: finduntur utroque tempora diuiduique cadunt..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...loci positis Tirynthius armis, insudat validaque solum deforme bipenni, cum grave nocturna caelum subtexitur umbra, ipse fodit, ditesque..."