biforis

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

bĭfŏris, e (bĭfŏrus, a, um, Vitr. 4, 6 fin.), adj. [bis-foris].

I Having two doors or folding-doors : valvae, Ov. M. 2, 4: fenestrae, id. P. 3, 3, 5.—

II Having two openings or holes , double : via (narium), Ap. Dogm. Plat. 1.—Poet.: ubi assuetis biforem dat tibia cantum, Verg. A. 9, 618 (bisonum, imparem, Serv.); Aus. Cent. Nupt. 27: biforis tumultus, Stat. Th. 4, 668.

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