bipalium
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See also: Bipalium
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
bi- + pāla (“shovel, mattock”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biˈpaː.li.um/, [bɪˈpäːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /biˈpa.li.um/, [biˈpäːlium]
Noun[edit]
bipālium n (genitive bipāliī or bipālī); second declension
- a double mattock
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bipālium | bipālia |
| Genitive | bipāliī bipālī1 |
bipāliōrum |
| Dative | bipāliō | bipāliīs |
| Accusative | bipālium | bipālia |
| Ablative | bipāliō | bipāliīs |
| Vocative | bipālium | bipālia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- “bipalium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bipalium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.