bipedalis

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

bĭpĕdālis, e, adj. [bis-pes],

I two feet long , broad , or thick (class. in prose and poetry): fenestrae, Cato R. R. 14, 2: trabes, two feet thick , Caes. B. G. 4, 17: materia, id. B. C. 2, 10: sol huic (Epicuro) bipedalis fortasse videtur, * Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: adulescentulus bipedali minor, * Suet. Aug. 43: tegulae, Vitr. 7, 1 fin. : modulus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 309: hiatus, Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 57: latitudo, Col. 8, 3, 7.—

II Subst.: bĭpĕdāle , is, n., a tile or flag-stone two feet long , Inscr. Fabr. p. 500, 39.

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