bisulcus

Latin

Etymology

bi- +‎ sulcus (“furrow”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /biˈsul.kus/, [bɪˈs̠ʊɫ̪kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /biˈsul.kus/, [biˈs̬ulkus]

Adjective

bisulcus (feminine bisulca, neuter bisulcum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (literally) having two furrows
2. divided into two parts
   1. forked (of a tongue)
      • 8AD, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 9, Line 65: moui linguam stridore bisulcum.
   2. cloven (of a hoof)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bisulcus	bisulca	bisulcum		bisulcī	bisulcae	bisulca
Genitive	bisulcī	bisulcae	bisulcī		bisulcōrum	bisulcārum	bisulcōrum
Dative	bisulcō		bisulcō		bisulcīs
Accusative	bisulcum	bisulcam	bisulcum		bisulcōs	bisulcās	bisulca
Ablative	bisulcō	bisulcā	bisulcō		bisulcīs
Vocative	bisulce	bisulca	bisulcum		bisulcī	bisulcae	bisulca

Derived terms

• bisulcilingua

References

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