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.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | bivius | bivia | bivium | biviī | biviae biviāī |
bivia | |
| genitive | biviī | biviae biviāī |
biviī | biviōrum | biviārum | biviōrum | |
| dative | biviō | biviae biviāī |
biviō | biviīs | |||
| accusative | bivium | biviam | bivium | biviōs | biviās | bivia | |
| ablative | biviō | biviā | biviō | biviīs | |||
| vocative | bivie | bivia | bivium | biviī | biviae biviāī |
bivia | |
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.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bivius | biviī |
| genitive | biviī bivī1 |
biviōrum |
| dative | biviō | biviīs |
| accusative | bivium | biviōs |
| ablative | biviō | biviīs |
| vocative | bivie | biviī |
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.