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  • 1 bipennis

        bipennis e, adj.    [bi-+penna], with two edges, two-edged: ferrum, V. — As subst f. (sc. securis), with acc. em (once -im, O.), abl. ī (once e, Tb.), a two-edged axe, double axe, battle-axe: correptā bipenni, V.: lata, O.: ilex tonsa bipennibus, H.: formam bipenni adsimulare, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    two edged ax; battle ax
    II
    bipennis, bipenne ADJ
    two-edged; having two wings

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  • 2 anceps

        anceps cipitis, abl. cipitī, adj.    [an- (for ambi-) + CAP-], that has two heads, two-headed: Ianus, O.: acumen, two-peaked, O.—Meton., double, twosided: securis, two-edged, O.: bestiae quasi ancipites in utrāque sede viventes, amphibious: ancipiti contentione districti, on both sides: ancipiti proelio pugnatum est, i. e. both in front and in the rear, Cs.: ancipiti premi periculo, N.: periculum anceps (erat), S.: ancipitem pugnam hostibus facere, i. e. by horse and foot, Ta.: metus, et ab cive et ab hoste, twofold, L.: munimenta, facing both ways, L.—Fig., double, twofold propter ancipitem faciendi dicendique sapientiam: ius, the uncertainty of the law, H.—Wavering, doubtful, uncertain, unfixed, ambiguous, undecided: fortuna belli: oraculum, L.: proelium, L.: Mars, indecisive, L.: bellum ancipiti Marte gestum, L.: fides, Cu.— Ellipt.: sequor hunc, Lucanus an Apulus, anceps (sc. ego), i. e. of uncertain origin, H.—Dangerous, hazardous, perilous, critical: locus: viae, O.: periculum, Ta.: quia revocare eos anceps erat, L.—As subst n., danger, hazard, peril: facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt, Ta.
    * * *
    (gen.), ancipitis ADJ
    two headed/fold/edged/meanings; faces two directions/fronts; doubtful; double

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  • 3 bipinnis

    I
    two edged ax; battle ax
    II
    bipinnis, bipinne ADJ
    two-edged; having two wings

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  • 4 bipennifer

        bipennifer era, erum, adj.    [bipennis + 1 FER-], bearing a two-edged axe: Lycurgus, O.
    * * *
    bipennifera, bipenniferum ADJ

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  • 5 bisacutus

    I
    bisacuta, bisacutum ADJ
    two-edged; twibill
    II

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  • 6 anceps

    anceps (once ancipes, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; cf. Charis, pp. 67 and 96 P.; Prisc. p. 754 P.; with this form cf. procapis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 225 Müll., and Corss. Ausspr. II. pp. 398, 591; abl. sing. always ancipiti), cĭpĭtis, adj. [an-caput; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.].
    I.
    Lit., that has two heads, twoheaded (cf.: biceps, praeceps, etc.;

    so only in the poets): Janus,

    Ov. M. 14, 334; so id. F. 1, 95 (cf.:

    Janus bifrons,

    Verg. A. 7, 180). —Hence also of a mountain which has two summits, two-peaked:

    acumen,

    Ov. M. 12, 337.—
    II.
    In gen.
    A.
    1.. Of an object whose qualities have significance in two respects, double, that extends on two opposite sides (while duplex is an object that exists in separate forms, twice. Thus anceps sententia is an opinion which wavers, fluctuates between two decisions, while duplex sententia is a twofold opinion):

    Post altrinsecus ancipes securiculast,

    the axe cuts on two sides, is two-edged, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 114; so, ferrum, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 245, 17, and Lucr. 6, 168:

    securis,

    Ov. M. 8, 397 al. —Also, poet., of the contrast between great heat and cold: Ancipiti quoniam mucroni utrimque notantur, since things are marked by double point, i. e. one at one, another at the other end, Lucr. 2, 520:

    bestiae quasi ancipites in utrāque sede viventes,

    amphibious animals, Cic. N. D. 1, 37;

    so in the histt. freq. of an attack, a contest, etc., on two different sides,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 76: ita ancipiti proelio diu atque acriter pugnatum est, double, because contending with enemies both in front and in the rear, id. ib. 1, 26 Herz.; so id. B. C. 3, 63; Nep. Them. 3, 3:

    periculum,

    Sall. J. 38, 5: ancipitem pugnam hostibus facere, double, as given by horse and foot, Tac. A. 6, 35:

    ancipiti metu et ab cive et ab hoste,

    twofold, Liv. 2, 24; so,

    anceps terror,

    id. 34, 21; Tac. Agr. 26:

    tumultus,

    Liv. 32, 30: tela, shot or hurled from both sides, id. 37, 11:

    ancipitia munimenta,

    on two sides, id. 5, 1 al. —
    2.
    Trop., twofold:

    propter ancipitem faciendi dicendique sapientiam,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 16:

    ancipites viae rationesque et pro omnibus et contra omnia disputandi,

    id. ib. 3, 36:

    adferre ancipitem curam cogitandi,

    a twofold care of thought, id. Off. 1, 3, 9; so Tac. A. 2, 40:

    jus anceps,

    the uncertainties of law, Hor. S. 2, 5, 34 al. —
    B.
    Wavering, doubtful, uncertain, unfixed, undecided (the prevalent signif. in Cic.):

    anceps fatorum via,

    Cic. Somn. Scip. 2:

    incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,

    id. Marcell. 5:

    anceps proelii fortuna,

    Tac. H. 3, 18:

    oraculum,

    Liv. 9, 3:

    proelium,

    id. 2, 62, and Tac. H. 3, 22;

    so esp. freq.: ancipiti Marte pugnare,

    to contend without deciding the contest, Liv. 7, 29; 21, 1 al.:

    causa anceps,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44:

    genus causarum anceps,

    id. Inv. 1, 15, 20 (cf.: genus causarum dubium, Auct. ad Her. 1, 3:

    dubium vel anceps,

    Quint. 4, 1, 10):

    fides,

    uncertain, wavering, fidelity, Curt. 3, 8;

    so also, ancipites animi,

    Luc. 9, 46.—Also ellipt.: Lucanus an Apulus, anceps, doubtful whether, etc., * Hor. S. 2, 1, 34.—
    C.
    Dangerous, hazaraous, perilous, critical (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tac.;

    never in Cic.): viae,

    Ov. M. 14, 438:

    loca,

    Nep. Dat. 7, 3:

    dubiā et interdum ancipiti fortunā,

    Vell. 2, 79:

    anceps periculum,

    Tac. A. 4, 59:

    ancipites morbi corporis,

    Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149:

    cujus (Antonii) operā ex ancipiti morbo convaluerat,

    Suet. Aug. 59:

    Ideo et purgationibus (labruscum) ancipitem putant,

    Plin. 23, 1, 14, § 20:

    vox pro re publicā honesta, ipsi anceps,

    pernicious, Tac. H. 1, 5:

    adulatio anceps si nulla et ubi nimia est,

    id. A. 4, 17.—So subst., danger, hazard, peril, = periculum, discrimen:

    dubiā suorum re in anceps tractus vim legionum implorabat,

    Tac. A. 4, 73:

    seu nihil militi seu omnia concederentur, in ancipiti res publica,

    id. ib. 1, 36:

    scelus inter ancipitia probatum,

    id. ib. 11, 26;

    14, 22: facilius inter ancipitia clarescunt,

    id. G. 14:

    nova ambigua ancipitia malebat,

    id. H. 2, 86:

    inter ancipitia deterrimum est media sequi,

    id. ib. 3, 40.
    ► Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

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  • 7 bipennis

    1.
    bĭpennis ( - pinnis), e, adj. [bispenna], having two wings, two-winged (very rare):

    insectum,

    Plin. 11, 28, 33, § 96 (cf. just before, binis advolat pinnis): plumae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 17.
    2.
    bĭpennis, e ( acc. sing. reg. bipennem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 19; Verg. A. 5, 307; 11, 651; Petr. 132, 8; Juv. 6, 657; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 333; Sil. 5, 64: bipennim, only in Ov. M. 8, 766, with the var. lect. bipennem.— Abl. sing. reg. bipenni, Verg. A. 2, 479; Ov. M. 12, 611; Petr. 89, 24; Sen. Herc. Oet. 800; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 345; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 79; 3, 377; Sil. 16, 264;

    and in prose,

    Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26:

    bipenne, only once,

    Tib. 1, 6, 47) [bis-pinna].
    I.
    Adj., having two edges, two-edged: securis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 19:

    ferrum,

    Verg. A. 11, 135.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    Subst.: bĭpen-nis, is, f. (sc. securis; cf. Prisc. p. 652 P.), an axe with two edges, a battle-axe (mostly poet.; only found in the nom., dat., acc., and abl. sing., and in nom. and abl. plur.):

    bipennis dicitur, quod ex utrāque parte habeat acutam aciem, quasi duas pennas. Pennum autem antiqui acutum dicebant,

    Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 11; cf. id. ib. 11, 1, 46:

    a pinnā (quod est acutum) securis utrinque habens aciem bipennis,

    Quint. 1, 4, 12:

    correptā dura bipenni Limina perrumpit,

    Verg. A. 2, 479; 2, 627; 11, 135; id. G. 4, 331; Ov. M. 5, 79; 12, 611; Phaedr. 4, 6, 7; Tac. Agr. 10:

    duris ut ilex tonsa bipennibus,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 57; so Claud. in Eutr. 2, 414; id. Laud. Stil. 1, 231; Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26; Sil. 16, 264.

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  • 8 ēnsis

        ēnsis is, m    a two-edged sword, brand, glaive: funestus, C. poët.: lateri adcommodat ensem, V.: vanus, L.: strictus, O.
    * * *

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  • 9 secūris

        secūris is, acc. im or em, abl. ī, f    [2 SAC-], an axe, hatchet, cleaver: icta securibus ilex, V.: fertur quo rara securis, i. e. in the wild forest, H.: securi Dextras obarmare, H.: Anceps, two-edged, O.: Victima pontificum securīs Cervice tinget, H.— An executioner's axe (borne by the lictors in the fasces): nudatos securi feriunt, i. e. behead, L.: quos securi percussit, beheaded: Virtus... Nec sumit aut ponit securīs Arbitrio popularis aurae, i. e. its honors and power, H.—Fig., a blow, death-blow: graviorem rei p. infligere securim.— Authority, dominion, sovereignty: Germania Colla Romanae praebens securi, O.—Usu. plur: Gallia securibus subiecta, i. e. to Roman supremacy, Cs.: saevas securīs accipere, V.: Medus Albanas timet securīs, i. e. Roman supremacy, H.
    * * *
    ax (battle/headsman's), hatchet, chopper; (death) blow; vine-dresser's blade; ax (bundled in fasces); sovereignty (usu. pl.), authority, domain, supremacy

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  • 10 bipennifer

    bĭpennĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [2. bipennis-fero], bearing a two-edged axe (only in Ov.):

    Lycurgus,

    Ov. M. 4, 22; id. Tr. 5, 3, 39:

    Arcas,

    id. M. 8, 391.

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  • 11 pelecinon

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  • 12 securis

    sĕcūris, is (acc. securim, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; id. Men. 5, 2, 105; Cic. Mur. 24, 48; id. Planc. 29, 70; Verg. A. 2, 224; 11, 656; 696; Ov. M. 8, 397; Liv. 1, 40, 7; 3, 36, 4; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 201; cf. Gell. 13, 21, 6:

    securem,

    Liv. 3, 36, 4; 8, 7, 20; 9, 16, 17; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 123; Varr. ap. Non. p. 79; Val. Max. 1, 3, ext. 3; 3, 2, ext. 1; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 29; Lact. Mort. Pers. 31, 2; Amm. 30, 8, 5; cf. Prisc. 758; abl. securi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7; 2, 1, 5, § 12; 2, 4, 64, § 144; 2, 5, 50, § 133; Verg. A. 6, 824; 7, 510; Cat. 17, 19; Ov. H. 16, 105; Liv. 2, 5, 8 et saep.:

    secure,

    App. M. 8, p. 216, 1; Tert. Pud. 16), f. [seco], an axe or hatchet with a broad edge (cf. bipennis).
    I.
    In gen., as a domestic utensil, Cato, R. R. 10, 3; Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 17; id. Bacch. 5, 1, 31:

    rustica,

    Cat. 19, 3 al. —For felling trees, Cat. 17, 19; Verg. A. 6, 180; Ov. F. 4, 649; id. M. 9, 374; Hor. S. 1, 7, 27; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188.—For hewing stones in the quarries, Stat. S. 2, 2, 87. —For fighting, a battle-axe, Verg. A. 11, 656; 11, 696; 12, 306; 7, 184; 7, 627; Hor. C. 4, 4, 20 al.:

    anceps,

    a two-edged axe, Ov. M. 8, 397 (just before, bipennifer).—For slaying animals for sacrifice, Hor. C. 3, 23, 12; Verg. A. 2, 224; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 5; id. M. 12, 249.—As the cutting edge of a vine-dresser's bill, Col. 4, 25, 4 et saep.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Lit., an executioner ' s axe, for beheading criminals [p. 1656] (borne by the lictors in the fasces;

    v. fascis): missi lictores ad sumendum supplicium nudatos virgis caedunt securique feriunt,

    i. e. behead them, Liv. 2. 5; so,

    securi ferire,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75; Hirt. B. G. 8, 38 fin.:

    percutere,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 84; Sen. Ira, 2, 5, 5; Flor. 1, 9, 5:

    strictae in principum colla secures,

    id. 2, 5, 4:

    necare,

    Liv. 10, 9:

    securibus cervices subicere,

    Cic. Pis. 34, 83 (cf. infra, B.); id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 22:

    Publicola statim secures de fascibus demi jussit,

    id. Rep. 2, 31, 55; cf. Lucr. 3, 996; 5, 1234:

    nec sumit aut ponit secures Arbitrio popularis aurae,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 20:

    saevumque securi Aspice Torquatum (as having caused his own son to be executed),

    Verg. A. 6, 824.—Comically, in a double sense, acc. to I.:

    te, cum securi, caudicali praeficio provinciae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 25:

    securis Tenedia,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2; Front. ad M. Caes. 1, 9 init.; v. Tenedos.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    A blow, death-blow, etc.:

    graviorem rei publicae infligere securim,

    to give a death-blow, Cic. Planc. 29, 70; cf.:

    quam te securim putas injecisse petitioni tuae, cum? etc. (just before: plaga est injecta petitioni tuae),

    id. Mur. 24, 48.—
    2.
    With reference to the axe in the fasces, authority, dominion, sovereignty.
    (α).
    Usu. in plur.: Gallia securibus subjecta, perpetuā premitur servitute, i. e. to Roman supremacy, * Caes. B. G. 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

    vacui a securibus et tributis,

    Tac. A. 12, 34:

    consulis inperium hic primus saevasque secures Accipiet,

    Verg. A. 6, 819: Medus Albanas timet secures, i. e. the Roman authority or dominion, Hor. C. S. 54:

    ostendam multa securibus recidenda,

    Sen. Ep. 88, 38.—
    (β).
    In sing. ( poet.):

    Germania colla Romanae praebens animosa securi,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 45.

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  • 13 spatha

    spătha, ae, f., = spathê.
    I.
    A broad, flat, wooden instrument for stirring any liquid, a spattle, spatula, Col. 12, 42, 3; Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 111; Scrib. Comp. 45; Cels. 7, 12 fin.; 8, 15.—
    * II.
    A batten, or broad piece of wood, used by the early weavers for driving home the threads of the woof or tram, Sen. Ep. 90, 20.—
    III.
    A broad, two-edged sword without a point (the Italian spada), Veg. Mil. 2, 15; Tac. A. 12, 35 fin.; App. M. 1, p. 103, 39; 9, p. 236, 28; Spart. Hadr. 10; Capitol. Max. jun. 3; Tert. Cult. Fem. 13.—
    IV.
    A spathe of a palmtree, Plin. 16, 26, 48, § 112.—
    V.
    A kind of tree, called also elate, Plin. 23, 5, 53, § 99; Scrib. Comp. 269 (called also spathe, Plin. 12, 28, 62, § 134 al.).

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  • 14 ancips

    (gen.), acipitis ADJ
    two headed/fold/edged/meanings; faces two directions/fronts; doubtful; double

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  • 15 scūtum

        scūtum ī, n    [SCV-], a shield, Roman shield, infantry shield, buckler (of two boards, joined, covered with linen and hide, and edged with iron): scutum pro clipeo, L.: pedestre, of the infantry, L.: equestria, of the cavalry, L.: scutis ex cortice factis aut viminibus intextis, Cs.: domus scutis referta: scutum reliquisse praecipuum flagitium, Ta.—Fig., a shield, defence, protection, shelter, safeguard: scutum dare in iudicio eis, quos, etc.: scuto vobis magis quam gladio opus est, L.
    * * *
    shield; (heavy shield of Roman legion infantry)

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