bifidus

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Latin

Etymology

From bi- (“two”) +‎ -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fi.dus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fi.dus/,

Adjective

bifidus (feminine bifida, neuter bifidum); first/second-declension adjective

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
Nominative	bifidus	bifida	bifidum		bifidī	bifidae	bifida
Genitive	bifidī	bifidae	bifidī		bifidōrum	bifidārum	bifidōrum
Dative	bifidō	bifidae	bifidō		bifidīs
Accusative	bifidum	bifidam	bifidum		bifidōs	bifidās	bifida
Ablative	bifidō	bifidā	bifidō		bifidīs
Vocative	bifide	bifida	bifidum		bifidī	bifidae	bifida

Coordinate terms

trifidus, quadrifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus, multifidus

Descendants

Inherited:

Spanish: belfo, befo

Borrowed:

→ Catalan: bífid
→ English: bifid
→ French: bifide
→ Galician: bífido
→ Italian: bifido
→ Occitan: bifid
→ Portuguese: bífido
→ Sicilian: bìfitu
→ Spanish: bífido

References

“bifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“bifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
bifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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