bifidus

== Latin == === Etymology === From bi- (“two”) +‎ -fidus, related to findere (“to split”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɪ.fɪ.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbiː.fi.dus] === Adjective === bifidus (feminine bifida, neuter bifidum); first/second-declension adjective bifid, split in two parts cleft, cloven two-forked ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Coordinate terms ==== trifidus, quadrifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus, multifidus ==== Descendants ==== Inherited: Borrowed: === References === “bifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “bifidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.