bimaris

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

bĭmăris, e, adj. [bis - mare], lying between two seas.

I Lit., an epithet of Corinth (poet.; a favorite word of Ovid): bimarisve Corinthi Moenia, * Hor. C. 1, 7, 2; Ov. M. 5, 407: Ephyre, id. H. 12, 27: Isthmos, id. M. 7, 405; 6, 419 sq.—

II Trop.: morbus, of one who practises unnatural unchastity , Aus. Epigr. 131.

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