bipennis
Latin > English
bipennis bipennis N F :: two edged ax; battle ax
bipennis bipennis bipennis, bipenne ADJ :: two-edged; having two wings
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĭpennis: (-pinnis), e, adj. bispenna,
I having two wings, two-winged (very rare): insectum, Plin. 11, 28, 33, § 96 (cf. just before, binis advolat pinnis): plumae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 17.
bĭpennis: e (
I acc. sing. reg. bipennem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 19; Verg. A. 5, 307; 11, 651; Petr. 132, 8; Juv. 6, 657; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 333; Sil. 5, 64: bipennim, only in Ov. M. 8, 766, with the var. lect. bipennem.—Abl. sing. reg. bipenni, Verg. A. 2, 479; Ov. M. 12, 611; Petr. 89, 24; Sen. Herc. Oet. 800; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 345; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 79; 3, 377; Sil. 16, 264; and in prose, Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26: bipenne, only once, Tib. 1, 6, 47) [bis-pinna.
I Adj., having two edges, two-edged: securis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 19: ferrum, Verg. A. 11, 135.—Far more freq.,
II Subst.: bĭpen-nis, is, f. (sc. securis; cf. Prisc. p. 652 P.), an axe with two edges, a battle-axe (mostly poet.; only found in the nom., dat., acc., and abl. sing., and in nom. and abl. plur.): bipennis dicitur, quod ex utrāque parte habeat acutam aciem, quasi duas pennas. Pennum autem antiqui acutum dicebant, Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 11; cf. id. ib. 11, 1, 46: a pinnā (quod est acutum) securis utrinque habens aciem bipennis, Quint. 1, 4, 12: correptā dura bipenni Limina perrumpit, Verg. A. 2, 479; 2, 627; 11, 135; id. G. 4, 331; Ov. M. 5, 79; 12, 611; Phaedr. 4, 6, 7; Tac. Agr. 10: duris ut ilex tonsa bipennibus, Hor. C. 4, 4, 57; so Claud. in Eutr. 2, 414; id. Laud. Stil. 1, 231; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26; Sil. 16, 264.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) bĭpennis,¹⁶ e (bis, penna), qui a deux ailes : Plin. 11, 96 || qui a deux tranchants, bipenne : bipenne ferrum Virg. En. 11, 135, hache à double tranchant.
(2) bĭpennis,¹² is, f., hache à deux tranchants : Virg. En. 2, 479.
Latin > German (Georges)
bipennis, e (bis u. penna), I) mit zwei Flügeln versehen, zweiflügelig, insectum, Plin. 11, 96: fulmen, Varr. sat. Men. 272. – II) übtr., zweischneidig, bipennis securis, Varr. sat. Men. 389: bipenne ferrum, Verg. Aen. 11, 135. – gew. subst., bipennis, is, Akk. em, Abl. ī, f. (sc. securis, s. Prisc. 5, 28 u. 7, 62) = δίστομος ἀξίνη od. πέλεκυς (Gloss.), die zweischneidige Axt, die Doppelaxt (s. Veget. mil. 4, 46. p. 163, 17. Isid. 19, 19, 11), als Holzaxt, Lucil. sat. 3, 48 (Abl. bipenne), zum Fällen der Bäume, Phaedr. 4, 7, 7, als Schlichtbeil, Varr. sat. Men. 441. Hor. carm. 4, 4, 57, gew. als Streitaxt, Verg. Aen. 2, 479. Ov. met. 5, 79. Tac. Agr. 10. Curt. 3, 2 (4), 5 u.a. (Akk. bipennim nicht mehr Ov. met. 8, 766; Abl. bipenne nur Tibull. 1, 6, 47). – /Die Form bipinnis (v. bis u. pinna), von Bücheler Varr. sat. 272 u. von Lang Veget. mil. 4, 46 beibehalten, steht auch Phocas (V) 430, 12.