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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Latin > English

bifrons (gen.), bifrontis ADJ :: two-faced, with/having two faces; having two foreheads; having two sides

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bĭ-frons: ontis, adj. bis,
I with two foreheads, or, in a more extended sense, with two faces, an epithet of Janus, Verg. A. 7, 180; 12, 198; Gav. Bass. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9, 13.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

bifrōns,¹⁵ ontis (bis, frons), qui a deux fronts, deux visages : Virg. En. 7, 180.

Latin > German (Georges)

bifrōns, frontis (bis u. frons) = διμέτωπος (Gloss.), doppelstirnig = mit zwei Gesichtern, Ianus, Verg. Aen. 7, 180 u. 12, 198. Gav. Bass. b. Macr. sat. 1, 9. § 13. Cypr. quod idol. etc. 2. Augustin. de civ. dei 7, 4 u. 7, 7: u. bifrons simulacrum, des Janus, Augustin. de civ. dei 7, 8.

Latin > Chinese

bifrons, tis. adj. :: 二面者

Translations

two-faced

Greek: διπρόσωπος, διπλοπρόσωπος, διμούτσουνος, δίκωλο πινάκι, δίκωλη καυκιά; Ancient Greek: ἀμφιπρόσωπος, διπρόσωπος; English: two-faced, double-faced, Janus-faced; French: fourbe; German: doppelgesichtig, doppelzüngig, falsch; Hebrew: דּוּ פַּרְצוּפִי; Icelandic: falskur, tvöfaldur; Ido: disimulanta; Italian: doppio, bifronte; Latin: bifrons; Persian: دورو; Polish: dwulicowy; Russian: двуликий, двуличный; Scots: twafauld; Scottish Gaelic: dà-aodannach; Southern Altai: эки јӱстӱ; Swedish: falsk, lömsk, bakslug, opålitlig; Tagalog: doble-kara