bivius Latin · revision 9820

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=ine-pro *wih₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈbɪ.wi.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈbiː.vi.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bivius''' (feminine bivia, neuter bivium, adverb biviē); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[bi-]] “two” and [[via]] “road, way”, with the suffix ⟨-ius⟩.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces ⟨via⟩ to [[itc-pro|*wijā-|t=road]], from [[ine-pro|*wih₁-eh₂-|t=pursuit]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Virgil's ''Aeneid'', ''biviae faucēs'' “a pass with two ways”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant having two ways or passages, traversable both ways, and Lewis & Short call it rare and not in Cicero, citing Virgil and Valerius Flaccus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Inscriptions have ''biviī diī'', gods worshipped at a crossroads; the noun ''bivius'' “crossroads god” comes from the ellipsis of ''bivius deus''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having two ways; traversable both ways.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A god of the [[m|en|crossroads]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bivia]]

+ * [[bivium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quadriviālis]]

+ * [[quadrivium]]

+ * [[quadrivius]]

+ * [[trivia]]

+ * [[triviālis]]

+ * [[triviāliter]]

+ * [[triviātim]]

+ * [[trivium]]

+ * [[trivius]]

+ * [[via]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}