legio bima

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    Bimus, Adiectiuum. vt Bimae nuces. Cato. De deux ans.

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    Bima dies. Valla. L'espace de deux ans.

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    Merum bimum. Horat. Vin de deux ans.

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    Bima sententia. Cic. L'opinion de celuy qui est d'advis que je demeure deux ans en mon gouvernement.

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    Legio bima. Plancus Ciceroni. Qui n'a encore hanté la guerre que deux ans.

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], 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.—

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.