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Latin
Etymology 1
bi- (“two”) + palmus (“palm ”, “a palmspan”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives)
Pronunciation
Adjective
bipalmis (neuter bipalme); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of two palmspans
- two palmspans long
- two palmspans wide or broad
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Synonyms
References
- “bĭpalmis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bipalmis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bĭpalmis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 219/1.
- “bipalmis” on page 234/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
Regularly declined forms of bipalmus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bipalmīs
- dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of bipalmus