adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
bīmus
bīmus (feminine bīma, neuter bīmum)
Classical[ˈbiː.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbiː.mus]
Meaning
- adjectivetwo-year-old
- adjectivelasting two years
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bīmus bīmulus | bīma bīmula | bīmum bīmulum |
| genitive | bīmī bīmulī | bīmae bīmulae | bīmī bīmulī |
| dative | bīmō bīmulō | bīmae bīmulae | bīmō bīmulō |
| accusative | bīmum bīmulum | bīmam bīmulam | bīmum bīmulum |
| ablative | bīmō bīmulō | bīmā bīmulā | bīmō bīmulō |
| vocative | bīme bīmule | bīma bīmula | bīmum bīmulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bīmī bīmulī | bīmae bīmulae | bīma bīmula |
| genitive | bīmōrum bīmulōrum | bīmārum bīmulārum | bīmōrum bīmulōrum |
| dative | bīmīs bīmulīs | bīmīs bīmulīs | bīmīs bīmulīs |
| accusative | bīmōs bīmulōs | bīmās bīmulās | bīma bīmula |
| ablative | bīmīs bīmulīs | bīmīs bīmulīs | bīmīs bīmulīs |
| vocative | bīmī bīmulī | bīmae bīmulae | bīma bīmula |
bīmus, a, um, adj. prob. contracted from bis-hiems, of two winters; cf. Eutych. ap. Cassiod. p. 2311 P., and Aufrecht, Zeitschrift für vergl. Sprachf. 4, p. 415,
I. two years old, of two years, continuing two years:
nuces, Cato, R. R. 17, 2; Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13: una veterana legio, altera bima, octo tironum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 3; so, semen, Plin. 18, 24, 54, § 195: surculi, id. 17, 14, 24, § 105: plantae, biennial, Pall. Febr. 25, 2: merum, * Hor. C. 1, 19, 15: nix, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 16: pensio, Mart. 12, 32, 3: honor, Ov. P. 4, 9, 64: aestimatio ususfructus, Dig. 33, 2, 6: si legatum sit relictum annua, bima, trima die, etc., i. e. solvendum intra annum, biennium, triennium, etc., ib. 33, 1, 3; cf. dies.—* II. In epist. style, as an abbreviated expression:
bima sententia, the vote concerning the continuance of a provincial government for two years, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 9.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bīmus adj.
bi-+hiems, of two winters, of two years, two years old: merum, H.: honos, O.: sententia, a commission for two years, Planc. ap. C.
Origins
Possible contraction of *bihiemus (literally “two-wintered”), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dwiǵʰimos; cognate with Proto-West Germanic *twigim (“two years old”). By surface analysis, bī- + hiems + -us.
Descendants
- Portuguesebimo