adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
bicorpor
bicorpor (genitive bicorporis)
Classical[bɪˈkɔr.pɔr]Ecclesiastical[biˈkɔr.por]
Meaning
- one terminationhaving two bodies, as a centaur
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bicorpor | bicorpor | bicorpor |
| genitive | bicorporis | bicorporis | bicorporis |
| dative | bicorporī | bicorporī | bicorporī |
| accusative | bicorporem | bicorporem | bicorpor |
| ablative | bicorporī bicorpore | bicorporī bicorpore | bicorporī bicorpore |
| vocative | bicorpor | bicorpor | bicorpor |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bicorporēs | bicorporēs | bicorporia |
| genitive | bicorporium | bicorporium | bicorporium |
| dative | bicorporibus | bicorporibus | bicorporibus |
| accusative | bicorporīs bicorporēs | bicorporīs bicorporēs | bicorporia |
| ablative | bicorporibus | bicorporibus | bicorporibus |
| vocative | bicorporēs | bicorporēs | bicorporia |
bĭcorpor, ŏris, adj. bis-corpus,
I. having two bodies, double-bodied (poet. and very rare; late prose form bĭcorpŏrĕ-us, Firm. Math. 2, 12):
bicorpores Gigantes, Naev. Bell. Pun. 2, 14 (ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.): Pallas bicorpor, Att. ap. Prisc. p. 699 P.; and so besides only in Cic. in a transl. from Sophocl. Trachin.: manus, Tusc. 2, 9, 22.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bicorpor oris, adj.
bis- + corpus, of two bodies: manus, of a centaur, C. poët.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Italic*dwi-
- Latinbicorpor
Proto-Indo-European *krep-der. Proto-Italic *korpos Latin corpus Latin bicorpor From bi- (“two”) + corpus (“body”).