bicornis
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Latin > English
bicornis bicornis, bicorne ADJ :: two-horned; two-pronged; having two points; having two peaks (mountain)
bicornis bicornis biscornis N M :: horned animals (pl.) sacrifice
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
bĭcornis: e bis-cornu.
I Adj., having two horns, two-horned (poet. or in postAug. prose): animal, Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255: caper, Ov. M. 15, 304: fauni, id. H. 4, 49; id. F. 2, 268; 5, 99.—Poet., of a two-pronged fork: furcae, Verg. G. 1, 264; Ov. M. 8, 647: ferrum, Col. Poët. 10, 148.—Of the new moon, * Hor. C. S. 35.—Of rivers with two mouths (perh. only epith. ornans; cf. amnis init.): Rhenus, Verg. A. 8, 727: Granicus, Ov. M. 11, 763.—Of the top of Parnassus: jugum, Stat. Th. 1, 63 (cf. biceps).—
II Subst.: bĭcornes, horned animals for sacrifice: AVRATA. FRONTE. BICORNES., Inscr. Orell. 2335.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
bĭcornis,¹³ e (bis, cornu), qui a deux cornes : Ov. M. 15, 304 || [poét.] furca Virg. G. 1, 264, fourche à deux branches ; luna Hor. Sæc. 35, le croissant de la lune || à deux bras, à deux embouchures : Granicus Ov. M. 11, 763, le Granique aux deux embouchures || à double cime : bicorne jugum Stat. Th. 1, 63, le Parnasse || m. pl. bicornes, bêtes à cornes [pour les sacrifices] : CIL 6, 504.
Latin > German (Georges)
bicornis, e (bis u. cornu), zweihörnig, zweigehörnt (Ggstz. unicornis), caper, Ov.: animal, Plin.: Fauni, Ov.: Satyri, Calp.: Minotaurus, Tert.: Nictelus, Anthol. Lat. – poet. übtr., v. Neumonde, luna, Hor. u. Auson. (auch Chalcid. Tim. 37): v. der Gabel, zweizinkig, Verg.: v. Flüssen, zweiarmig = zweifach mündend, Verg. u. Ov.: von Bergen, zweigipfelig, iugum (des Parnaß), Stat.: von der Schlachtreihe, figura, Gestalt eines Halbmonds, Amm. 16, 2, 13. – Plur. subst., bicornēs, gehörnte Tiere, als Opfer, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 504.
Latin > Chinese
bicornis, e. adj. :: 二角者。— fluvius 二派之河。 Luna bicornis 月上下弦。