bifidus

Latin

Etymology

From bi- (“two”) +‎ -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fi.dus/, [ˈbɪfɪd̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.fi.dus/, [ˈbiːfid̪us]

Adjective

bifidus (feminine bifida, neuter bifidum); first/second-declension adjective

Declension

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Coordinate terms

trifidus, quadrifidus, quinquifidus, centifidus, multifidus

Descendants

Inherited:

Spanish: belfo, befo

Borrowed:

→ Catalan: bífid
→ English: bifid
→ French: bifide
→ Galician: bífido
→ Italian: bifido
→ Occitan: bifid
→ Portuguese: bífido
→ Sicilian: bìfitu
→ Spanish: bífido

References

“bifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“bifidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
bifidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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