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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bipedem, derived from bi- (“two”) + pēs (“foot”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bipede (plural bipedi)
- bipedal
1641, Niccolò Villani, Della Fiorenza difesa, page 46:Qual bipede Orso in compagnia n’andava,
Del quadrupede suo drappello orsino- As a bipedal bear he went, leading his quadrupedal ursine platoon
Noun
bipede m or f by sense (plural bipedi)
- biped
1551, “Libro primo, Cap. 3 [First Book, Chapter 3]”, in La phisica di Aristotile, Venice, translation of Φυσικῆς ἀκροάσεως (Phusikês akroáseōs) by Aristotle, page 8:[…] nella ragione di quelle cose, che sono nella diffinitiva ragione di alcuna cosa, […] non è mai la ragione di esso tutto, come nel bipede la ragione dell’huomo- In the reason of those things which exist as the ultimate reason of any thing, there's never the whole thing, as in the biped the reason of man.
Further reading
- bipede in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana