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bĭceps , cĭpĭtis (old form bĭcĭpes , like ancipes for anceps, acc. to Prisc. p. 754 P.; bĭcepsŏs , Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.; -căpĭtes , δικέφαλοι, Gloss. Philox.), adj. bis-caput.
I. Having two heads, twoheaded (rare but class.): puella nata biceps, * Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121: “puer,Liv. 41, 21, 12: “porcus,id. 28, 11, 3: “Janus,Ov. F. 1, 65; id. P. 4, 4, 23: “serpens,Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169: “partus,Tac. A. 15, 47: “gladius,with two edges, Vulg. Prov. 5, 4.—Poet., of mountains, with two summits: “Parnasus,Ov. M. 2, 221; cf. id. ib. 1, 316; Luc. 5, 72; Pers. prol. 2.—
II. Trop., divided into two parts: bicipitem civitatem fecit, discordiarum civilium fontem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 454, 23; Flor. 3, 17, 3: “argumentum,” i. e. a dilemma, App. Flor. 4, n. 18.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.316
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    • Old Testament, Proverbs, 5.4
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.47
    • Lucan, Civil War, 5.72
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 41, 21.12
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    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.53
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