bifariam

== Latin == === Etymology === Classically derived from fārī, as is nefārius. A feminine adverbial accusative from a lost adjective, *bifārius. According to Michael Weiss, from Proto-Italic *dwiðāsios, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi-dʰh₁o- (“rendered in two, bipartite”) (see tribus and Sanskrit multiplicatives in -धा (-dhā) such as Sanskrit द्विधा (dvidhā, “twofold”)) + Proto-Italic *-āsios (Latin -ārius). To account for the word-internal f which would not arise from Proto Italic *ð after a and before i, as for īnferus with *en, the word is assumed by metanalysis a compound with *dwi-. Compare also Ancient Greek διφάσιος (diphásios, “two-fold, of two kind, double”), regarded by some as, the etymon of, or cognate with bifāriam. The adjective bifārius is later attested in Ammianus Marcellinus (330-391/400 AD) as a back-formation. === Adverb === bifāriam (not comparable) on two sides, in two parts or places double, twofold (rare) in both ways, senses ==== Derived terms ==== -fāriam -fārius ==== Related terms ==== bifārius === References === === Further reading === “bifariam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bifariam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “bifariam”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)