The corpus record — Latin

bipennis1

bipennis1 · adj

having two wings

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Where it lives

Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 3.6/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 2 · 2.87/10k
In Eutropium 2 · 2.78/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.52/10k
Punica 14 · 1.84/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Carmina 3 · 1.34/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 1 · 0.89/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 1 · 0.89/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. bĭpennis — Lewis & Short

bĭpennis (-pinnis), e, adj.bispenna,

I 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 — Lewis & Short

bĭpennis, e (

I 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.

In the wild

bipennis Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 11
bipennes Statius, Thebais 12.525
bipenni Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.611
bipenni Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 5.209
bipenni Silius Italicus, Punica 2.201
bipennis Silius Italicus, Punica 8.550

6 of 58 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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