bifax
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bi- + faciēs (“face”) + -s.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbi.faks/, [ˈbɪfäks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.faks/, [ˈbiːfäks]
Adjective
[edit]bifax (genitive bifacis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
[edit]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 | bifacēs | bifacia | |
| ablative | bifacī | bifacibus | |||
| vocative | bifax | bifacēs | bifacia | ||
References
[edit]- “bifax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "bifax", 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)
- bifax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.