bifurcus

Latin

Etymology

bi- +‎ furcus, furca

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɪˈfʊr.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [biˈfur.kus]

Adjective

bifurcus (feminine bifurca, neuter bifurcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. two-pronged, bifurcate
   • 1604, Conradus Gesnerus, Historiae Animalium‎^[1], volume 4, page 24:

     […] quaternas simplices (aliquid deesse apparei) Pinnarum similium etiam numerum, ac sub ventre totidem: caudam bifurcam.

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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bifurcus	bifurca	bifurcum		bifurcī	bifurcae	bifurca
genitive	bifurcī	bifurcae	bifurcī		bifurcōrum	bifurcārum	bifurcōrum
dative	bifurcō	bifurcae	bifurcō		bifurcīs
accusative	bifurcum	bifurcam	bifurcum		bifurcōs	bifurcās	bifurca
ablative	bifurcō	bifurcā	bifurcō		bifurcīs
vocative	bifurce	bifurca	bifurcum		bifurcī	bifurcae	bifurca

Related terms

• bifurcum

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Bifurcaria

Descendants

• Spanish: bifurcarse

References

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