Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, bĭvĭus

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bĭvĭus , a, um, adj. bis-via,

I.having two ways or passages (rare; “not in Cic.): fauces,” Verg. A. 11, 516.—So, calles, Val. Fl. 5, 395: di, deae, worshipped at cross-roads, Inscr. Orell. 2105.—Hence, substt.

A. bĭvĭi (sc. di), Inscr. Orell. 389; 2104.—

B. bĭvĭum , i, n., a place with two ways, or where two ways meet.

1. Lit.: “in bivio portae,” Verg. A. 9, 238: “ad bivia consistere,” Liv. 38, 45, 8; Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; Vulg. Marc. 11, 4.—

2. Trop.: bivium nobis ad culturam dedit natura, experientiam et imitationem, a twofold means or method, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 7.—Of a twofold love, Ov. R. Am. 486.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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