bifariam
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Classically derived from fārī, as is nefārius. A feminine adverbial accusative from a lost adjective, *bifārius. According to Michael Weiss, from Proto-Italic *dwiðāsios, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi-dʰh₁o- (“rendered in two, bipartite”) (see tribus and Sanskrit multiplicatives in -धा (-dhā) such as Sanskrit द्विधा (dvidhā, “twofold”)) + Proto-Italic *-āsios (Latin -ārius). To account for the word-internal [f] which would not arise from Proto Italic *[ð] after [a] and before [i], as in īnferus with *en, the word is assumed by metanalysis as a compound with *dwi-.[1] The adjective bifārius is later attested in Ammianus Marcellinus (330-391/400 AD) as a back-formation. See also plūrifāriam, multifāriam and other derivatives. Compare also Ancient Greek διφάσιος (diphásios, “two-fold, of two kind, double”), assumed as the etymon of the word by some.
Adverb
[edit]bifāriam (not comparable)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-fāriam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
Further reading
[edit]- “bifariam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bifariam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bifariam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)