bivius

== Latin == === Etymology === From bi- (“two”) +‎ via (“road; way”) +‎ -ius. The noun comes from ellipsis of bivius deus (literally “crossroad god”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɪ.wi.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbiː.vi.us] === Adjective === bivius (feminine bivia, neuter bivium, adverb biviē); first/second-declension adjective two-way having two approaches ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === bivius m (genitive biviī or bivī, feminine bivia); second declension (Classical Latin) god worshipped at a place where two ways meet ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “bivius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “bivius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "bivius", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “bivius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.