biiugus

Latin

Etymology

From bi- (“occurring twice, having two parts”) +‎ iugus (“joined, yoked”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.i̯u.ɡus/, [ˈbiː̯ʊɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ju.ɡus/, [ˈbiːjuɡus]

Adjective

biiugus (feminine biiuga, neuter biiugum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pertaining to two like members joined together, (especially with horses or draft animals): yoked in a pair
   • 20 BCE, Publius Vergilius Maro, The Aeneid :

     Tum Pallās biiugīs fugientem Rhoetea praeter / trāicit. Hōc spatium tantumque morae fuit Īlō; / Īlō namque procul validam dērēxerat hastam, / quam medius Rhoeteus intercipit, optime Teuthrā, / tē fugiēns frātremque Tyrēn, currūque volūtus / caedit sēmianimis Rutulōrum calcibus arva.

   • Early 5th century CE, Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii Aeneidem commentarii :

     Biiugis erit nominativus hic biiugus: nam alias biiugibus faceret, si esset tertiae formae ab eo quod est 'hic biiugis, huius biiugis'.

     This biiugus might otherwise be called 'biiugibus', which in the nominative is 'biiugis', if I were advancing from the third form (read: third declension) which is (read: gives us) 'hic biiugis, huius biiugis'.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	biiugus	biiuga	biiugum		biiugī	biiugae	biiuga
genitive	biiugī	biiugae	biiugī		biiugōrum	biiugārum	biiugōrum
dative	biiugō	biiugae	biiugō		biiugīs
accusative	biiugum	biiugam	biiugum		biiugōs	biiugās	biiuga
ablative	biiugō	biiugā	biiugō		biiugīs
vocative	biiuge	biiuga	biiugum		biiugī	biiugae	biiuga

Related terms

• bis
• bīnus
• bīnārius
• combīnō
• iugum
• iugus

References

• “biiugus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers