"biceps" meaning in Latin

See biceps in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈbɪ.kɛps] [Classical-Latin], [ˈbiː.t͡ʃeps] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bis Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *is Proto-Italic *-kaput-isder. Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin biceps From bis (“twice”) + -ceps (“headed”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:af|bis<t:twice>|-ceps<t:headed><id:-headed>|text=+|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bis Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Proto-Italic *is Proto-Italic *-kaput-isder. Old Latin -cipesder. Latin -ceps Latin biceps From bis (“twice”) + -ceps (“headed”). Head templates: {{la-adj|biceps}} biceps (genitive bicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|biceps}} Forms: bicipitis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], biceps [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], bicipitēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], bicipitia [neuter, nominative, plural], bicipitis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], bicipitium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], bicipitī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], bicipitibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], bicipitem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], biceps [accusative, neuter, singular], bicipitīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], bicipitēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], bicipitia [accusative, neuter, plural], bicipitī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], bicipite [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], bicipitibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], biceps [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], bicipitēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], bicipitia [neuter, plural, vocative], bicapitēs [alternative], bicipēs [alternative]
  1. double-headed, having two heads Tags: declension-3, one-termination Synonyms (double-headed): anceps
    Sense id: en-biceps-la-adj-s8ApRAXY Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (-headed) Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 19 20 5 11 18 15 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 10 1 14 14 3 7 9 1 13 11 3 4 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 1 13 11 2 4 13 1 15 11 1 2 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 21 6 14 17 14 4 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 41 36 11 12 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 41 36 11 12 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 51 34 8 8 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ceps (-headed): 43 30 10 16 Disambiguation of 'double-headed': 79 6 9 6
  2. (of mountains) having two summits or peaks Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-biceps-la-adj-odyBIISY Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 19 20 5 11 18 15 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 10 1 14 14 3 7 9 1 13 11 3 4 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 1 13 11 2 4 13 1 15 11 1 2 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 21 6 14 17 14 4 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 41 36 11 12 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 41 36 11 12
  3. (of swords) double-edged Tags: declension-3, one-termination
    Sense id: en-biceps-la-adj-Tb~5qjVt Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin third declension adjectives of one termination Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 41 36 11 12 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 41 36 11 12 Disambiguation of Latin third declension adjectives of one termination: 23 21 34 22
  4. (by extension) divided into two parts Tags: broadly, declension-3, one-termination Synonyms (divided into two parts): duplex
    Sense id: en-biceps-la-adj-DOeM7hT~ Categories (other): Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 41 36 11 12 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 41 36 11 12 Disambiguation of 'divided into two parts': 4 3 1 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anceps, caput, centiceps, triceps

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Asturian",
      "lang_code": "ast",
      "word": "bíceps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "bíceps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "biceps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "bicipital"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "biceps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "bíceps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "bicipite"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "bicìpi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "bíceps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "biceps"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "bíceps"
    }
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        "text": "+",
        "tree": "+"
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      "form": "biceps",
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        "singular"
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "bicapitēs",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "bicipēs",
      "tags": [
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      "args": {
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      "name": "la-adj"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "anceps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caput"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "centiceps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "triceps"
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          "_dis": "43 30 10 16",
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        {
          "english": "Two-headed Janus, source of the quietly passing year",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.65",
          "text": "Iane biceps, anni tacite labentis origo.",
          "translation": "Two-headed Janus, source of the quietly passing year",
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        }
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        "double-headed, having two heads"
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        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 2.221",
          "roman": "and twin-peaked Parnasus and Eryx, Cynthus and Othrys",
          "text": "Ardet in inmensum geminatis ignibus Aetne\nParnasosque biceps et Eryx et Cynthus et Othrys.\nAetna blazes in immense doubled flames",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of mountains) having two summits or peaks"
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        {
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              20,
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          "english": "As sharp as a two-edged sword.",
          "ref": "Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 5:4b:",
          "text": "Acuta quasi gladius biceps.",
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        "(of swords) double-edged"
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        "divided into two parts"
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        "(by extension) divided into two parts"
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          "_dis1": "4 3 1 92",
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          "word": "duplex"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɪ.kɛps]",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbiː.t͡ʃeps]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biceps"
}
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      "word": "bíceps"
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      "word": "bíceps"
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      "word": "bicipital"
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      "word": "biceps"
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      "lang": "Galician",
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      "word": "bíceps"
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      "word": "bicipite"
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      "word": "bíceps"
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biceps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipite",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biceps",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipitia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicapitēs",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bicipēs",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biceps"
      },
      "expansion": "biceps (genitive bicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "biceps"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "anceps"
    },
    {
      "word": "caput"
    },
    {
      "word": "centiceps"
    },
    {
      "word": "triceps"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Two-headed Janus, source of the quietly passing year",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.65",
          "text": "Iane biceps, anni tacite labentis origo.",
          "translation": "Two-headed Janus, source of the quietly passing year",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "double-headed, having two heads"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "double",
          "double"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 2.221",
          "roman": "and twin-peaked Parnasus and Eryx, Cynthus and Othrys",
          "text": "Ardet in inmensum geminatis ignibus Aetne\nParnasosque biceps et Eryx et Cynthus et Othrys.\nAetna blazes in immense doubled flames",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having two summits or peaks"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "summit",
          "summit"
        ],
        [
          "peak",
          "peak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of mountains) having two summits or peaks"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of mountains"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "As sharp as a two-edged sword.",
          "ref": "Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, 5:4b:",
          "text": "Acuta quasi gladius biceps.",
          "translation": "As sharp as a two-edged sword.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "double-edged"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "double-edged",
          "double-edged"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of swords) double-edged"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of swords"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "divided into two parts"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "divided",
          "divided"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) divided into two parts"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-3",
        "one-termination"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɪ.kɛps]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbiː.t͡ʃeps]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "double-headed",
      "word": "anceps"
    },
    {
      "sense": "divided into two parts",
      "word": "duplex"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biceps"
}

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