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bidens

with two teeth

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Where it lives

Oedipus 2 · 3.37/10k
Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 2.88/10k
Elegiae 3 · 2.43/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
Fasti 4 · 1.28/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 10 · 1.27/10k
Noctes Atticae 11 · 0.98/10k
Aeneid 6 · 0.95/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. bĭdens — Lewis & Short

bĭdens (old form duidens), entis (

abl. bidenti, Lucr. 5, 209; Verg. Cir. 212; Pomp. ap. Gell. 16, 6, 7:

I bidente, Tib. 2, 3, 6; Verg. Cat. 8, 9; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; gen. plur. bidentium, Hor. C. 3, 23, 14: bidentum, Ov. M. 15, 575), adj. bis-dens, with two teeth (not in Cic.).

I Adj.

A Lit.: amica, i.e. anus, Auct. Priap. 82: bos, Paul. ex Fest. p. 35 Müll.: hostiae, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 206.—

B Transf., with two prongs, points, etc.: ancora, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209: forfex, Verg. Cat. 8, 9: ferrum = forfex, id. Cir. 212.—

II Subst.

A Masc., a heavy hoe or mattock with two crooked iron teeth; Gr. di/kella: valido bidenti ingemere, Lucr. 5, 209: Tib. 1, 1, 29; 1, 10, 49; 2, 3, 6: glaebam fran/gere bidentibus, Verg. G. 2, 400: duros jactare bidentis, id. ib. 2, 355: durus bidens et vomer aduncus, Ov. F. 4, 927: bidentibus soli terga convertere, Col. 4, 14, 1; 4, 17, 8; Pall. Jul. 5; cf. id. ib. 1, 43, 1; Dig. 33, 7, 8 al.—Hence, meton. for agriculture: bidentis amans, Juv. 3, 228.—

B Fem. (old form duidens, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66 Müll.; cf. the letter B), an animal for sacrifice (swine, sheep, ox): bidentes hostiae, quae per aetatem duos dentes altiores habent, Jul. Hyg. ap. Gell. 16, 6, 14: bidentes sunt oves duos dentes longiores ceteris habentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 33 Müll.; Isid. Orig. 12, 1, 9. It is more correct to understand by bidens an animal for sacrifice whose two rows of teeth are complete; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 4 Müll.: ambidens sive bidens ovis appellabatur, quae superioribus et inferioribus est dentibus, and in Heb. , the dual of , of the two rows of teeth; v. Gesen. Heb. Lex. under : mactant lectas de more bidentīs Legiferae Cereri, Verg. A. 4, 57 Forbig. ad loc; id. ib. 7, 93; 12, 170; * Hor. C. 3, 23, 14; Ov. M. 10, 227; 15, 575; Pompon. ap. Gell. 16, 6, 7; Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 206.— Transf. from the lang. of offerings to a general use = ovis, a sheep, Phaedr. 1, 17, 8.

2. bidens — Walde–Hofmann

bidens, alat. (Paul, Fest. 66) dvidens „zweizähnig, zweizackig"; Subst. ,zweizinkiger Karst (bí-keAÀa)', in der Opfersprache ,zweizühniges ( h. mit gewechselten mittleren hervorstehenden Schneidezühnen, also 1 — 2jähriges) Opfertier, meist Schaf" e Olck PW. III 427; seit Pompon., rom.; dazu bidental, -älis n. „Blitzmal* [vgl. fagütal „Juppiterkapelle des Buchenhains“ usw.], wohl von bidens „Zweizack als Symbol des … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bidens, p. 136]

In the wild

bidentium Horace, Carmina 3.23
bidentibus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.14.1
bidentes Seneca, Oedipus 1
bidentis Juvenal, Saturae 1.3.228
bidentibus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.5.13
bidentes Seneca, Oedipus 1

6 of 54 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. bidens (scan p. 136; entry #397). Root candidates: *duei-, *trei-.

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