LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

bifrōns

bifrōns (genitive bifrontis)
Classical[ˈbɪ.frõːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbiː.frons]

Meaning

  1. one terminationhaving two foreheads, having two faces

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebifrōnsbifrōnsbifrōns
genitivebifrontisbifrontisbifrontis
dativebifrontībifrontībifrontī
accusativebifrontembifrontembifrōns
ablativebifrontī
bifronte		bifrontī
bifronte		bifrontī
bifronte
vocativebifrōnsbifrōnsbifrōns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebifrontēsbifrontēsbifrontia
genitivebifrontiumbifrontiumbifrontium
dativebifrontibusbifrontibusbifrontibus
accusativebifrontīs
bifrontēs		bifrontīs
bifrontēs		bifrontia
ablativebifrontibusbifrontibusbifrontibus
vocativebifrontēsbifrontēsbifrontia

bĭ-frons, ontis, adj. bis,
I. with two foreheads, or, in a more extended sense, with two faces, an epithet of Janus, Verg. A. 7, 180; 12, 198; Gav. Bass. ap. Macr. S. 1, 9, 13.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbifrōns

Latin frōns Latin bifrōns From bi- (“two”) + frōns (“forehead, countenance”).

Quick answers

What does bifrōns mean in Latin?
bifrōns, a adjective, means “having two foreheads, having two faces”.
How do you pronounce bifrōns?
In classical Latin, [ˈbɪ.frõːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbiː.frons].
Where does bifrōns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Proto-Indo-European *dwi- → Proto-Italic *dwi- → Latin bifrōns.