bimembris

Latin

Etymology

From bi- (“two”) +‎ membrum (“limb”) +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /biˈmem.bris/, [bɪˈmɛmbrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /biˈmem.bris/, [biˈmɛmbris]

Adjective

bimembris (neuter bimembre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. with two sets of limbs; half man, half beast
2. epithet for the Centaurs

   Coordinate terms: bicorpor, biformis

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	bimembris	bimembre		bimembrēs	bimembria
genitive	bimembris			bimembrium
dative	bimembrī			bimembribus
accusative	bimembrem	bimembre		bimembrēs bimembrīs	bimembria
ablative	bimembrī			bimembribus
vocative	bimembris	bimembre		bimembrēs	bimembria

References

• “bimembris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bimembris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers