bifarius
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
Latin > English
bifarius bifaria, bifarium ADJ :: twofold, double
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĭfārĭus: a, um, adj. bis, after the analogy of the Gr. διφάσιος; cf.: ambifarius, trifarius, multifarius, etc.,
I twofold, double (as adj. only post-class.): ratio, Amm. 18, 4, 3: illatio, App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 39, 16 dub. (al. bifariam).—Hence, adv. in two forms.
A bĭfārĭam (acc. fem. sc. partem), on two sides, i. e. twofold, double, in two ways, in two parts, in two places, twice, etc. (class.): ut dispertirem obsonium hic bifariam, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 3: annus bifariam divisus, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 14; Liv. 25, 32, 7; 41, 19, 8: bifariam quattuor perturbationes aequaliter distributae sunt, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 24: quam (inflexionem) bifariam contrarie simul procedentia efficiebat, id. Univ. 9: ita bifariam consules ingressi hostium fines, Liv. 3, 23, 7: gemina victoria duobus bifariam proeliis parta, id. 3, 63, 5: castra bifariam facta, id. 10, 21, 12; Dig. 38, 10, 4: bifariam laudatus est, Suet. Aug. 100: bifariam cum populo agi non potest, Messala ap. Gell. 13, 15, 8.—
2 Trop. (rare): bifariam intellegere aliquid, in both ways or senses, Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 2; cf. App. Dogm. Plat. 3, p. 39, 16.—
B bĭfārĭes, doubly, Cassiod. de Or. 1 fin. p. 601 Garet.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĭfārĭus,¹⁶ a, um, double : Amm. 19, 9, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
bifārius, a, um (bis u. for, entsprechend dem griech. διφάσιος), zweifach, doppelt, ratio, Amm. 14, 11, 8 u. 18, 4, 3: anxietas, Amm. 19, 9, 4: natura, Zeno 2. tr. 55; vgl. Isid. ord. nat. 8, 14. – v. Pers. = ein Doppelgänger, Commodian. instr. 1, 24, 11.
