adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
bimembris
bimembris (neuter bimembre)
Classical[bɪˈmɛm.brɪs]Ecclesiastical[biˈmɛm.bris]
Meaning
- two terminationwith two sets of limbs; half man, half beast
- two terminationepithet for the Centaurs
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bimembris | bimembris | bimembre |
| genitive | bimembris | bimembris | bimembris |
| dative | bimembrī | bimembrī | bimembrī |
| accusative | bimembrem | bimembrem | bimembre |
| ablative | bimembrī | bimembrī | bimembrī |
| vocative | bimembris | bimembris | bimembre |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bimembrēs | bimembrēs | bimembria |
| genitive | bimembrium | bimembrium | bimembrium |
| dative | bimembribus | bimembribus | bimembribus |
| accusative | bimembrīs bimembrēs | bimembrīs bimembrēs | bimembria |
| ablative | bimembribus | bimembribus | bimembribus |
| vocative | bimembrēs | bimembrēs | bimembria |
bĭmembris, e, adj. bis - membrum,
I. having double members:
puer, half man, half beast, Juv. 13, 64; most freq. a poet. epithet of the Centaurs (half man, half horse; cf. bicorpor and biformis): Centauri bimembres, Sil. 3, 41: forma bimembris, Ov. H. 9, 99.—II. Subst.: bĭmembres, ium, comm., = Centauri, the Centaurs: nubigenae, * Verg. A. 8, 293 Heyn. and Jahn; Ov. M. 12, 240; 12, 494; 15, 283; Stat. Th. 12, 554.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bimembris e, adj.
bi- + membrum, with double members: puer, half man, half beast, Iu.— Of the Centaurs: forma, O. — Plur m. as subst, the Centaurs: nubigenae, V.: germani, O.
Origins
From bi- (“two”) + membrum (“limb”) + -is.