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bĭcornis , e bis-cornu.
I. Adj., having two horns, two-horned (poet. or in postAug. prose): “animal,Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255: “caper,Ov. M. 15, 304: “fauni,id. H. 4, 49; id. F. 2, 268; 5, 99.—Poet., of a two-pronged fork: “furcae,Verg. G. 1, 264; Ov. M. 8, 647: ferrum, Col. Poët. 10, 148.—Of the new moon, * Hor. C. S. 35.—Of rivers with two mouths (perh. only epith. ornans; cf. amnis init.): “Rhenus,Verg. A. 8, 727: “Granicus,Ov. M. 11, 763.—Of the top of Parnassus: “jugum,Stat. Th. 1, 63 (cf. biceps).—
II. Subst.: bĭcornes , horned animals for sacrifice: “AVRATA. FRONTE. BICORNES.,Inscr. Orell. 2335.
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