bisulcilingua
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bisulcus (“two-furrowed”) + lingua (“tongue”) thus literally, “having a forked tongue”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /bi.sul.kiˈlin.ɡʷa/, [bɪs̠ʊɫ̪kɪˈlʲɪŋɡʷä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bi.sul.t͡ʃiˈlin.ɡwa/, [bis̬ul̠ʲt͡ʃiˈliŋɡwä]
Adjective
[edit]bisulcilingua
Declension
[edit]First-declension adjective found only in the feminine.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bisulcilingua | bisulcilinguae |
| genitive | bisulcilinguae | bisulcilinguārum |
| dative | bisulcilinguae | bisulcilinguīs |
| accusative | bisulcilinguam | bisulcilinguās |
| ablative | bisulcilinguā | bisulcilinguīs |
| vocative | bisulcilingua | bisulcilinguae |
Further reading
[edit]- “bisulcilingua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press