bifer

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [bis-fero].

I Lit., bearing fruit twice a year : arbor, malus, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 7: ficus, Col. 10, 403; 5, 10, 11; Plin. 13, 22, 41, § 121; 16, 27, 50, § 114; Suet. Aug. 76: biferique rosaria Paesti, Verg. G. 4, 119 (acc. to Serv. the rose blossomed twice in a year at Paestum).— *

II Transf., of twofold form : biferum Centauri corpus, a horse and man , Manil. 4, 230.

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