bisulcus
التعريفات والمعاني
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Fron bi- + sulcus (“furrow”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɪˈsʊɫ.kʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [biˈs̬ul.kus]
=== Adjective ===
bisulcus (feminine bisulca, neuter bisulcum); first/second-declension adjective
(literally) having two furrows
divided into two parts:
(of a tongue) forked
8AD, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 9, Line 65: moui linguam stridore bisulcum.
(of a hoof) cloven
==== Declension ====
First/second-declension adjective.
==== Derived terms ====
bisulcilingua
=== References ===
“bisulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“bisulcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers