bipennis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin bipennis (“two-winged”). === Noun === bipennis (plural bipennes) (archaic) An axe with an edge or blade on each side of the handle. ==== Synonyms ==== twibill == Latin == === Etymology === From bi- (“two-”) +‎ penna (“wing”) +‎ -is (adjective-forming suffix). As a noun, ellipsis of bipennis secūris f (“two-edged axe”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɪˈpɛn.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [biˈpɛn.nis] === Adjective === bipennis (neuter bipenne); third-declension two-termination adjective two-edged two-winged ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. === Noun === bipennis f (genitive bipennis); third declension A double-edged battle axe. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Derived terms ==== bipennifer === References === “bipennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bipennis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “bipennis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “bipennis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “bipennis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin