bisulcilingua

Latin

Etymology

From bisulcus (“two-furrowed”) +‎ lingua (“tongue”) thus literally, “having a forked tongue”.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /bi.sul.kiˈlin.ɡʷa/, [bɪs̠ʊɫ̪kɪˈlʲɪŋɡʷä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bi.sul.t͡ʃiˈlin.ɡwa/, [bis̬ul̠ʲt͡ʃiˈliŋɡwä]

Adjective

bisulcilingua

hypocritical, deceitful
- c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 5.2.74:
  bisulcilingua, quasi proserpens bestia

Declension

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Further reading

“bisulcilingua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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