bipes

Latin > English

bipes (gen.), bipedis ADJ :: two-footed; bipedal; on two feet (of quadrupeds)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bĭpēs: (˘˘, Aus. Idyll. 11, 39;
I neutr. plur. bipedia, Aug. Mor. Manich. 9), pĕdis, adj. bis-pes, two-footed (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose): equi, Verg. G. 4, 389: mensa, Mart. 12, 32, 11: Aegyptii mures bipedes ambulant, on two feet, Plin. 10, 65, 85, § 187: alium bipedem sibi quaerit asellum, two legged ass, Juv. 9, 92: animal genus, mortale species, terrenum vel bipes differens, Quint. 5, 10, 61.—
II Subst., mostly contemptuously, of men: hoc ministro omnium non bipedum solum sed etiam quadripedum impurissimo, Cic. Dom. 18, 48: Regulus omnium bipedum nequissimus, as great a rogue as walks on two legs, Modest. ap. Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 14; Cic. Dom. 18, 48; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 9; cf.: bipes asellus, of a simple man, Juv. 9, 92: replevit eam (terram) bipedibus et quadrupedibus. Vulg. Baruch. 3, 32.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

bĭpēs,¹⁴ ĕdis (bis, pes), qui a deux pieds, bipède : Cic. Nat. 1, 95 ; bipes equus Virg. G. 4, 389, cheval marin ; asellus Juv. 9, 92, âne à deux pieds [un imbécile] || subst. m., bipède, animal à deux pieds : Cic. Domo 48.

Latin > German (Georges)

bipēs, pedis (bis u. pes), zweifüßig, zweibeinig (Ggstz. quadrupes), volucres, Naev. fr.: belua, Laber. fr.: deus, Cic.: animal, Quint.: equi, fischschwänzige Rosse der Meergötter, Meerpferde, Verg.: asellus, von einem einfältigen Menschen, Iuven.: Aegyptii mures bipedes ambulant, gehen auf zwei Füßen, Plin. – subst., bipedes, die »Zweifüßler« (Ggstz. quadrupedes), replevit eam (terram) bipedibus et quadrupedibus, Vulg. Baruch 3, 32: verächtl. = die Menschen, omnium non bipedum solum, sed etiam quadrupedum impurissimus, Cic.: Regulus, omnium bipedum nequissimus, Modest. b. Plin. ep. – / neutr. Plur. bipedia, Augustin. de mor. Manich. 9. § 14. – Nbf. duipēs, Naev. tr. 31; vgl. Ribbeck Coroll. ad trag. Rom. fragm. p. X II.