What does dichotomos mean in Latin?

dichotomos, a adjective, means “dichotomous, bipartite”.

How do you pronounce dichotomos?

In classical Latin, [dɪˈkʰɔ.tɔ.mɔs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈkɔː.to.mos].

adjectivesecond-declension two-termination adjective (Greek-type)

dichotomos (neuter dichotomon)

Classical[dɪˈkʰɔ.tɔ.mɔs]Ecclesiastical[diˈkɔː.to.mos]

Greek typetwo terminationdichotomous, bipartite
AD 334–7, Julius Firmicus Maternus (author), Wilhelm Kroll and Franz Skutsch (editors), Matheseos libri VIII, Leipzig: In aedibus B. G. Teubneri, volume I: Libros IV priores et quinti prooemium continens (1897), book iv, chapter i, § 10 (page 199, lines 16–19)

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dichotomos	dichotomos	dichotomon
genitive	dichotomī	dichotomī	dichotomī
dative	dichotomō	dichotomō	dichotomō
accusative	dichotomon	dichotomon	dichotomon
ablative	dichotomō	dichotomō	dichotomō
vocative	dichotome	dichotome	dichotomon

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dichotomī dichotomoe	dichotomī dichotomoe	dichotoma
genitive	dichotomōrum	dichotomōrum	dichotomōrum
dative	dichotomīs	dichotomīs	dichotomīs
accusative	dichotomōs	dichotomōs	dichotoma
ablative	dichotomīs	dichotomīs	dichotomīs
vocative	dichotomī dichotomoe	dichotomī dichotomoe	dichotoma

dĭchŏtŏmos, on, adj., = διχότομος,

I. cut in two, halved (pure Lat. dimidiatus), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6; Firm. Math. 4 praef.

From Ancient Greek διχότομος (dikhótomos, “cut in half”), from δίχα (díkha, “apart”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

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