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bijugis

bijugis · adj

yoked two together

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Argonautica 2 · 0.54/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

bĭjŭgĭs — Lewis & Short

bĭjŭgĭs, e, adj.bis-jugum (a rare form for bijugus).

I Lit., yoked two together: equi, * Verg. G. 3, 91: bijugum Colla lyncum, Ov. M. 4, 24: curriculum, drawn by a pair of horses, Suet. Calig. 10.—

II In gen., double: uno bijuges tolli de limine fasces, i. e. two brothers, consuls from one family, Claud. Prob. et Olyb. 233.

In the wild

biiuges Ausonius, Epistularum 13.7
biiuges Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 6.413
biiuges Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.566
biiuges Seneca, Phaedra 1
biiuges Vergil, Georgicon 3.91
biiuges Claudian, Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1.233

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. biiugis (scan pp. 350-351; entry #5507). Root candidates: *yug-.

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