bĭcĭpes

bĭceps, cĭpĭtis (old form bĭcĭpes, like ancipes for anceps, acc. to Prisc. p. 754 P.; bĭcepsŏs, Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.; bĭ-căpĭtes, dikephaloi, Gloss. Philox.), adj. [bis-caput].

Having two heads, twoheaded (rare but class.): puella nata biceps, * Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121:

puer,

Liv. 41, 21, 12:

porcus,

id. 28, 11, 3:

Janus,

Ov. F. 1, 65; id. P. 4, 4, 23:

serpens,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169:

partus,

Tac. A. 15, 47:

gladius,

with two edges, Vulg. Prov. 5, 4.— Poet., of mountains, with two summits:

Parnasus,

Ov. M. 2, 221; cf. id. ib. 1, 316; Luc. 5, 72; Pers. prol. 2.—

Trop., divided into two parts: bicipitem civitatem fecit, discordiarum civilium fontem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 454, 23; Flor. 3, 17, 3:

argumentum,

i. e. a dilemma, App. Flor. 4, n. 18.

bĭceps, cĭpĭtis (old form bĭcĭpes, like ancipes for anceps, acc. to Prisc. p. 754 P.; bĭcepsŏs, Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.; bĭ-căpĭtes, dikephaloi, Gloss. Philox.), adj. [bis-caput].

Having two heads, twoheaded (rare but class.): puella nata biceps, * Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121:

puer,

Liv. 41, 21, 12:

porcus,

id. 28, 11, 3:

Janus,

Ov. F. 1, 65; id. P. 4, 4, 23:

serpens,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169:

partus,

Tac. A. 15, 47:

gladius,

with two edges, Vulg. Prov. 5, 4.— Poet., of mountains, with two summits:

Parnasus,

Ov. M. 2, 221; cf. id. ib. 1, 316; Luc. 5, 72; Pers. prol. 2.—

Trop., divided into two parts: bicipitem civitatem fecit, discordiarum civilium fontem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 454, 23; Flor. 3, 17, 3:

argumentum,

i. e. a dilemma, App. Flor. 4, n. 18.

bĭceps, cĭpĭtis (old form bĭcĭpes, like ancipes for anceps, acc. to Prisc. p. 754 P.; bĭcepsŏs, Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.; bĭ-căpĭtes, dikephaloi, Gloss. Philox.), adj. [bis-caput].

Having two heads, twoheaded (rare but class.): puella nata biceps, * Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121:

puer,

Liv. 41, 21, 12:

porcus,

id. 28, 11, 3:

Janus,

Ov. F. 1, 65; id. P. 4, 4, 23:

serpens,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169:

partus,

Tac. A. 15, 47:

gladius,

with two edges, Vulg. Prov. 5, 4.— Poet., of mountains, with two summits:

Parnasus,

Ov. M. 2, 221; cf. id. ib. 1, 316; Luc. 5, 72; Pers. prol. 2.—

Trop., divided into two parts: bicipitem civitatem fecit, discordiarum civilium fontem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 454, 23; Flor. 3, 17, 3:

argumentum,

i. e. a dilemma, App. Flor. 4, n. 18.

bĭceps, cĭpĭtis (old form bĭcĭpes, like ancipes for anceps, acc. to Prisc. p. 754 P.; bĭcepsŏs, Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.; bĭ-căpĭtes, dikephaloi, Gloss. Philox.), adj. [bis-caput].

Having two heads, twoheaded (rare but class.): puella nata biceps, * Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121:

puer,

Liv. 41, 21, 12:

porcus,

id. 28, 11, 3:

Janus,

Ov. F. 1, 65; id. P. 4, 4, 23:

serpens,

Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169:

partus,

Tac. A. 15, 47:

gladius,

with two edges, Vulg. Prov. 5, 4.— Poet., of mountains, with two summits:

Parnasus,

Ov. M. 2, 221; cf. id. ib. 1, 316; Luc. 5, 72; Pers. prol. 2.—

Trop., divided into two parts: bicipitem civitatem fecit, discordiarum civilium fontem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 454, 23; Flor. 3, 17, 3:

argumentum,

i. e. a dilemma, App. Flor. 4, n. 18.