biennium

bĭennĭum, ii, n. [bis-annus],

• a period or space of two years, two years: jam biennium est, cum, etc., Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 35 (533): intra tempus biennii, Col. 3, 9, 6: hoc factum est ferme abhinc biennium, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 4 (388) (imitated by Ps.-Plaut. Merc. prol. 12): biennium ibi perpetuum misera illum tuli, Ter. Hec. 87; Caes. B. G. 1, 3; Cic. Phil. 5, 3, 7; Liv. 5, 14, 2: biennium provinciam obtinuit, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 93, § 216; 2, 4, 30, § 67: lex usum et auctoritatem fundi jubet esse biennium, id. Caecin. 19, 54; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 1; id. Inst. 1, 12, 9: biennio postquam abii, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 1, 1 (170): comitia biennio habita, Liv. 5, 14, 2: matres, quae biennio durant, Plin. 11, 21, 24, § 73; Suet. Galb. 7: consulatum biennio post ultro petiit, id. Aug. 26: intra tempus bienni, Col. R. R. 3, 9, 6: intra biennium, Quint. 1, 2, 9: ultra biennium, Tac. A. 1, 1.

biennium, ī, n. (bis u. annus), ein Zeitraum (eine Zeit, Frist) von zwei Jahren, zwei Jahre als Zeitraum, biennii infecunditas, Sall. hist. fr. 3, 1 (90): unius anni aut biennii ratio, Cic. Verr. 3, 43: debita biennii pecunia, Caes. b. c. 3, 31, 2: biennii imperium, Aur. Vict Caes. 33, 12: biennii usus, Iustin. 17, 2, 14: vacatio biennii, Ulp. fr. 14, 1. – biennium iam factumst (es sind schon zwei Jahre her), postquam abii domo, Plaut. merc. 8: u. so iam bienniumst, quom med amare coepit, Plaut. merc. 533: iam bienniumst, quom habet rem tecum, ibid. 534: si iam biennium aut triennium est, cum virtuti nuntium remisisti, Cic. ep. 15, 16, 3. – nondum biennium compleveramus in officio laboriosissimo et maximo, cum etc., Plin. pan. 91, 1. – nondum est biennium, ex quo (seitdem) etc., Augustin. de civ. dei 22, 8. p. 505, 38 D. – biennio iam confecto fere, Cic. Quinct. 40: biennio completo, Eutr. 9, 7: biennio expleto, Vulg. act. apost. 24, 27: interiecto biennio, Vell. 1, 14, 6. – oft Akk. biennium = »zwei Jahre (lang)«, in hoc iudicio iam biennium versari, Cic. Quinct. 42: biennium provinciam obtinere, Cic. Verr. 3, 216: ad eas res conficiendas biennium sibi satis esse ducere, Caes. b. G. 1, 3, 2: biennium summis potitum esse, Auct. Vict. Caes. 36, 1; u. so Cic Quinct. 67; Caecin. 54: biennium fere, Cic. Verr. 4, 67: ferme abhinc biennium, Plaut. Bacch. 388: iam biennium, Plin. ep. 5, 1, 10: non plus quam annum neve plus quam biennium, Cic. Phil. 1, 19: paulo plus quam biennium, Quint. ep. ad Tryph. § 1: ante biennium, Vell. 1, 12, 4; 2, 48, 2 u.a.: in biennium, Plin. ep. 3, 9, 18: intra biennium, Vell. 2, 23, 2; 2, 45, 3. Plin. 25, 20. Quinct. 1, 12, 9: intra tempus biennii, Col. 3, 9. 6: per biennium, Cic. Verr. 3, 101; Cael. 78. Liv. 3, 56, 4. Curt. 7, 11 (41), 1. Plin. ep. 10, 56 (64), 4. Iustin. 5, 1, 1: per biennium continuum, Vell. 2, 16, 4: post biennium, Cic. Quinct. 41. Vell. 1, 14. § 4 u. 8; 2, 31, 2. Plin. 17, 97. Vulg. 2. Mach. 10, 3: post tempus biennii, Vulg. 2. regg. 13, 23: ultra biennium, Tac. ann. 1, 1. – Abl. biennio beim Kompar., biennio minor Xenophilus, Val. Max. 8, 13. ext. 3: biennio maior natu Domitius, Tac. ann. 12, 25. – oft Abl. biennio = »im Verlauf (während) zweier Jahre, innerhalb zweier Jahre, in od. binnen zwei Jahren«, appellare biennio, Cic. Quinct. 41: Africam pro consule biennio obtinuit, Suet. Galb. 7: u. so Vell. 1, 9, 1. Tac. Agr. 14. Plin. 16, 96 u. 18, 45. Aur. Vict. Caes. 33, 3: biennio prope, Cic. Verr. 2, 62: eo biennio, Caes. b. c. 3, 32, 5: biennio proximo, Tac. ann. 14, 29: biennio toto, Vulg. act. apost. 28, 30: biennio ante, Cic. Clu. 14 u. 68; agr. 2, 49; Sest. 67. Liv. 10, 22, 2; 27, 37, 5. Tac. ann. 6, 25: biennio post, Cato fr. bei Plin. 16, 195. Suet. Aug. 26, 2: biennio post diluvium, Vulg. gen. 11, 10: biennio post et octo mensibus, Eutr. 8, 22: biennio post ac menses fere novem, Aur. Vict. Caes. 10, 5. – quam ego biennio (nach zwei J.) postquam hinc in Ephesum abii conspicio lubens, Plaut. Bacch. 170 sq.

biennium [CL] , two-year period. coepta sunt haec ~io ante mortem regis Bede HE III 21; in anno semel vel ~io Gir. TH II 13; 1271 per ~ium‥sequentem [sic] completum Cl 405; 1337 infra bihennium elapsum ExchScot 437.

bĭennĭum, (10) ĭī, n. (bis, annus), espace de deux ans : Cic. Phil. 5, 7 ; biennio postquam abii Pl. Bacch. 170, deux ans après mon départ.

biennium , ii. n.
二年之久。

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biennium ī, n

• bi-+annus, a period of two years, two years: per biennium: ad alqd biennium sibi satis esse, Cs.: provinciam obtinere, for two years: comitia biennio habita, in the last two years, L.: post biennium, after two years' delay: biennio prope: biennio ante: eo biennio, Cs.