biennis

== Latin == === Etymology === From bi- (“two”) +‎ annus (“year”) +‎ -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [biˈɛn.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [biˈɛn.nis] === Adjective === biennis (neuter bienne); third-declension two-termination adjective (unattested outside of glosses) two-year-old Synonym: bīmus of two years, lasting two years Synonym: biennālis ==== Usage notes ==== This term is only textually attested from the 2nd century AD in the works of Aulus Gellius to explain the origins of the word bidēns (“a young sacrificial sheep or, any sacrificial animal”); the author also refers to prior actors of the same theory, supporting the view that the word was not entirely forged. Moreover, the classically-attested derivative biennium further suggests that the term was, or had already been used. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Italian: bienne Spanish: biene === Further reading === “bĭennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bĭennis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 217/2. “biennis” on page 233/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)