出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/04/06 19:25 UTC 版)
biennis (neuter bienne); third-declension two-termination adjective (unattested outside of glosses)
This term is only textually attested from the 2nd century AD in the works of Aulus Gellius to explain the origins of the word bidēns (“a young sacrificial sheep or, any sacrificial animal”); the author also refers to prior actors of the same theory, supporting the view that the word was not entirely forged. Moreover, the classically-attested derivative biennium further suggests that the term was, or had already been used.
Third-declension two-termination adjective.