biformis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Proto-Italic *dwis

Old Latin duis

Latin bis

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Latin -fōrmis

Latin bifōrmis

From bis (“twice”) + -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɪˈfoːr.mɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [biˈfɔr.mis]

Adjective

bifōrmis (neuter bifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Having two forms
2. two-faced (as Janus)

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	bifōrmis	bifōrme		bifōrmēs	bifōrmia
genitive	bifōrmis			bifōrmium
dative	bifōrmī			bifōrmibus
accusative	bifōrmem	bifōrme		bifōrmīs bifōrmēs	bifōrmia
ablative	bifōrmī			bifōrmibus
vocative	bifōrmis	bifōrme		bifōrmēs	bifōrmia

References

• “biformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “biformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “biformis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.