bipennis

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin bipennis (two-winged).

Noun

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bipennis (plural bipennes)

  1. (archaic) An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.
    • 1937, Starnes, D. T., “Bilingual Dictionaries of Shakespeare’s Day”, in PMLA[1], volume 52, number 4, page 1009:
      Bipennis... A twibill, axe, or twall, sharpe on both sides, wherewith carpenters make mortaises: it was in old time a weapon

Synonyms

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Latin

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Etymology

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From bi- (two-) +‎ penna (wing) +‎ -is (adjective-forming suffix). As a noun, ellipsis of bipennis secūris f (two-edged axe).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bipennis (neuter bipenne); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. two-edged
  2. two-winged

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative bipennis bipenne bipennēs bipennia
Genitive bipennis bipennium
Dative bipennī bipennibus
Accusative bipennem bipenne bipennēs
bipennīs
bipennia
Ablative bipennī bipennibus
Vocative bipennis bipenne bipennēs bipennia

Noun

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bipennis f (genitive bipennis); third declension

  1. A double-edged battle axe.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bipennis bipennēs
Genitive bipennis bipennium
Dative bipennī bipennibus
Accusative bipennem bipennēs
bipennīs
Ablative bipenne bipennibus
Vocative bipennis bipennēs

Derived terms

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References

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  • bipennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bipennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bipennis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • bipennis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bipennis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin