bipes

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See also: bipés

French

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Verb

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bipes

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of biper

Latin

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ pēs.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bipēs (genitive bipedis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. two-footed, bipedal
    • Vergil, Georgicon IV, 389 (edited and translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, Virgil with an English translation I, 1916)
      Est in Carpathio Neptuni gurgite vates, | caeruleus Proteus, magnum qui piscibus aequor | et iuncto bipedum curru metitur equorum.
      In Neptune's Carpathian flood there dweels a seer, Proteus, of sea-green hue, who traverses the mighty main in his car drawn by fishes and a team of two-footed steeds.

Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative bipēs bipedēs bipedia
Genitive bipedis bipedium
bipedum
Dative bipedī bipedibus
Accusative bipedem bipēs bipedēs bipedia
Ablative bipedī bipedibus
Vocative bipēs bipedēs bipedia

Descendants

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  • Catalan: bípede
  • English: biped
  • French: bipède
  • Portuguese: bípede

References

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  • bipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bipes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bipes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • bipes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bipes

  1. Soft mutation of pipes.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pipes bipes mhipes phipes
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.