bipalmis

Latin

Etymology 1

bi- (“two”) +‎ palmus (“palm [of the hand]”, “a palmspan”) +‎ -is (suffix forming compound adjectives)

Alternative forms

• bipalmus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɪˈpaɫ.mɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [biˈpal.mis]

Adjective

bipalmis (neuter bipalme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of two palmspans
   1. two palmspans long
   2. two palmspans wide or broad

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	bipalmis	bipalme		bipalmēs	bipalmia
genitive	bipalmis			bipalmium
dative	bipalmī			bipalmibus
accusative	bipalmem	bipalme		bipalmīs bipalmēs	bipalmia
ablative	bipalmī			bipalmibus
vocative	bipalmis	bipalme		bipalmēs	bipalmia

Synonyms

• (two palmspans wide): bipalmāris (New Latin)

References

• “bĭpalmis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bipalmis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “bĭpalmis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 219/1.
• “bipalmis” on page 234/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of bipalmus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɪˈpaɫ.miːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [biˈpal.mis]

Adjective

bipalmīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of bipalmus