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bĭsulcĭlingua

bĭsulcĭlingua · adj

with a cloven tongue

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What it meant

bĭsulcĭlingua — Lewis & Short

bĭsulcĭlingua, ae, adj.bisulcuslingua,

I with a cloven tongue; trop., of a hypocrite, a double-tongued, deceitful person: bisulcilingua, quasi proserpens bestia, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 74.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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