bimestris

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

bĭmestris, e (abl. regularly bimestri, Hor. C. 3, 17, 15; by poet. license, bimestre, Ov. F. 6, 158; cf. caelestis, perennis, etc.), adj. [bis-mensis],

of two months’ duration , of two months (rare): consulatus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 24, 7: stipendium, Liv. 9, 43, 6: triticum, which may be reaped two months after sowing , Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 70: porcus, two months old , Hor. C. 3, 17, 15: porca, Ov. F. 6, 158.

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