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bipatens

bipatens, with double opening

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

bipatēns, entis: adj. (bis and pateō), with twofold opening; with twofold or double doors, 2.330.
bĭpătens, entis, adj. [bis-pateo],
  • opening in two ways, open in two directions (acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 5, used by Enn.; cf. Ann. v. 62 Vahl.; but only two exs. in Verg. are preserved): portis alii bipatentibus assunt, i.e. portis duarum valvarum, Verg. A. 2, 330 Wagn.—Of the doors of the dwellings of the gods: considunt tectis bipatentibus, Verg. A. 10, 5 (est autem sermo Ennianus tractus ab ostiis, quae ex utrāque parte aperiuntur, Serv.).

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