bimus

== Latin == === Etymology === Possible contraction of *bihiemus (literally “two-wintered”), from bis + hiems, or inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dwiǵʰimos; compare Proto-Germanic *twigimaz (“two years old”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbiː.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbiː.mus] === Adjective === bīmus (feminine bīma, neuter bīmum); first/second-declension adjective two-year-old lasting two years ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: bimo === References === “bimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bimus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “bimus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.