bifax

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Italic *dwi-

Latin bi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin bifax

From bi- + faciēs (“face”) + -s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɪ.faks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.faks]

Adjective

bifax (genitive bifacis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) two-faced

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	bifax			bifacēs	bifacia
genitive	bifacis			bifacium
dative	bifacī			bifacibus
accusative	bifacem	bifax		bifacīs bifacēs	bifacia
ablative	bifacī biface			bifacibus
vocative	bifax			bifacēs	bifacia

References

• “bifax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "bifax", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “bifax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.