English

Adjective

bilinguis ‎(not comparable)

1. double-tongued, deceiving.
2. (law) In law, the name historically given to a jury, in which one part of the jury is natives, and the other foreigners.

Latin

Alternative forms

• bilinguus

Etymology

From bis ‎(“twice, in two ways”) + lingua ‎(“tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /biˈlin.ɡʷis/, [bɪˈlɪŋ.ɡᶣɪs]

Adjective

bilinguis m, f ‎(neuter bilingue); third declension

1. Double-tongued, two-tongued; speaking two languages; having two tongues.
2. Hypocritical, deceitful, false, treacherous.
3. (of a story or tale) Having a double meaning; allegorical.

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

References

• bilinguis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bilinguis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BILINGUIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bilinguis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Virgil's Aeneid, by Virgil, Allyn and Bacon: 1904, page 197, 372
• This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.