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Latin
Etymology
bi- (“two”) + mēnsis (“month”) + -tris.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
bimēstris (neuter bimēstre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- lasting two months; two months old
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
References
- “bimestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bimestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “bimestris”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 71
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373