biforis
biforis, with two doors, folding
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
biforis , e: (adj.), having two doors or openings; twofold, double; of a double pipe with one mouth-piece, 9.618.
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bĭfŏris, e (bĭfŏrus, a, um, Vitr. 4, 6 fin.), adj. [bis-foris].
- Having two doors or folding-doors: valvae, Ov. M. 2, 4: fenestrae, id. P. 3, 3, 5.—
- II Having two openings or holes, double: via (narium), Ap. Dogm. Plat. 1.—Poet.: ubi assuetis biforem dat tibia cantum, Verg. A. 9, 618 (bisonum, imparem, Serv.); Aus. Cent. Nupt. 27: biforis tumultus, Stat. Th. 4, 668.
biforis, e (bis u. fores, griech. δίθυρος), I) zweitürig, zweiflügelig, valvae, Ov. met. 2, 4: fenestrae, Ov. ex Pont. 3, 3, 5: cardo, Prud. psych. 666. – II) mit zwei Öffnungen, fistula, Sidon. ep. 3, 13. p. 209, 13 Sav.: cavernae, Sidon. carm. 11, 123: via narium, Apul. de dogm. Plat. 1, 14: tibiae, Serv. Verg. Aen. 9, 618: nidi bifori accessu, Solin. 2, 48. – meton., ubi biforem dat tibia cantum, wo die (phrygische Doppel-) Flöte aus zwei Löchern, d.i. in Doppelakkorden, in wechselnden (bald hohen, bald tiefen) Akkorden tönt, Verg. Aen. 9, 618: b. tumultus, der Lärm der doppelakkordigen phryg. Flöte, Stat. Theb. 4, 668.
nidum molitur bifore valva
valve vel ~es juxta porticum ponantur
vibrat ~es
~es‥quemvis intromittunt
bĭfŏris, (16) e (bis, foris), qui a deux ouvertures : bifores valvæ Ov. M. 2, 4, portes à deux battants ; biforis cantus Virg. En. 9, 618, sons de la flûte [phrygienne] à deux branches.
biforis e, adj.
- bi- + foris, with two doors, folding: valvae, O.: cantus (tibiae), i. e. of the double tibia, V.