biiugus

From bi- (“occurring twice, having two parts”) +‎ iugus (“joined, yoked”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbii̯.i̯u.ɡus/, [ˈbɪi̯ːʊɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ju.ɡus/, [ˈbiːjuɡus]

biiugus (feminine biiuga, neuter biiugum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pertaining to two like members joined together, (especially with horses or draft animals): yoked in a pair
   • 20 BCE, Publius Vergilius Maro, The Aeneid :

     Tum Pallās biiugīs fugientem Rhoetea praeter / trāicit. Hōc spatium tantumque morae fuit Īlō; / Īlō namque procul validam dērēxerat hastam, / quam medius Rhoeteus intercipit, optime Teuthrā, / tē fugiēns frātremque Tyrēn, currūque volūtus / caedit sēmianimis Rutulōrum calcibus arva.

   • Early 5th century CE, Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii Aeneidem commentarii :

     Biiugis erit nominativus hic biiugus: nam alias biiugibus faceret, si esset tertiae formae ab eo quod est 'hic biiugis, huius biiugis'.

     This biiugus might otherwise be called 'biiugibus', which in the nominative is 'biiugis', if I were advancing from the third form (read: third declension) which is (read: gives us) 'hic biiugis, huius biiugis'.

First/second-declension adjective.

• bis
• bīnus
• bīnārius
• combīnō
• iugum
• iugus

• “biiugus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers