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Latin
Etymology
From bi- + -sonus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bisonus (feminine bisona, neuter bisonum); first/second-declension adjective (probably hapax legomenon)
- sounding twice
- c. 400 CE, Servius Honoratus, Commentary on the Aeneid 9.615:
- Biforem dat tībia cantum: bisonum, imparem.
- The pipe makes for a two-bored song: that is, sounding twice, unequal.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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