biiugus

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

bĭjŭgus, a, um (contr. form bīgus, Manil. 5, 3; cf. also bĭjŭgis, e), adj. [bis-iugum],

I yoked two together (poet.): leones, Lucr. 2, 602; Verg. A. 10, 253: equi, Mart. 1, 13, 8: serpentes, Val. Fl. 7, 218: currus, drawn by two horses , Lucr. 5, 1299: temo, Stat. Th. 2, 723: certamen = bigarum, the contest with the bigae, Verg. A. 5, 144.—

II Subst.: bĭ-jŭgi , ōrum, m. (sc. equi), two horses yoked abreast : telo Admonuit bijugos, Verg. A. 10, 587; 10, 399: desiluit Turnus bijugis, i. e. from his chariot drawn by two horses , id. ib. 10, 453.

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