bifariam

Latin

Etymology

Classically derived from fārī, as is nefārius. A feminine adverbial accusative from a lost adjective, *bifārius. According to Michael Weiss, from Proto-Italic *dwiðāsios, from Proto-Indo-European *dwi-dʰh₁o- (“rendered in two, bipartite”) (see tribus and Sanskrit multiplicatives in -धा (-dhā) such as Sanskrit द्विधा (dvidhā, “twofold”)) + Proto-Italic *-āsios (Latin -ārius). To account for the word-internal f which would not arise from Proto Italic *ð after a and before i, as for īnferus with *en, the word is assumed by metanalysis a compound with *dwi-.[1] Compare also Ancient Greek διφάσιος (diphásios, “two-fold, of two kind, double”), regarded by some as, the etymon of, or cognate with bifāriam.[2]

The adjective bifārius is later attested in Ammianus Marcellinus (330-391/400 AD) as a back-formation.

Adverb

bifāriam (not comparable)

  1. on two sides, in two parts or places
  2. double, twofold
  3. (rare) in both ways, senses

Derived terms

  • bifārius

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-fāriam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
  2. ^ “bifarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

  • “bifariam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bifariam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bifariam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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