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bīni, ae, a (in sing. only twice, Lucr. 4, 452, and 5, 877;
* Gen. plur. always binūm, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 80, 4; Sall. H. 3, 22 Dietsch; Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57; Scrib. Comp. 8), num. distr. [bis].
* Two by two, two to each, two each, two at a time: nam ex his praediis talenta argenti bina Statim capiebat,every year two talents,Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 6: describebat censores binos in singulas civitates,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 133: si unicuique bini pedes (campi) assignentur,two to each,id. Agr. 2, 31, 84: distribuit binos (gladiatores) singulis patribus familiarum,id. Att. 7, 14, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.: annua imperia binosque imperatores sibi fecere,Sall. C. 6, 7: Carthagine quotannis annui bini reges creabantur,Nep. Hann. 7, 4: illos binas aut amplius domos continuare,Sall. C. 20, 11: si inermes cum binis vestimentis velitis ab Sagunto exire,Liv. 21, 13, 7: bini senatores singulis cohortibus propositi,id. 3, 69, 8; 10, 30, 10: dentes triceni bini viris attribuuntur,Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 71; 36, 9, 14, § 69.
* Taking the place of the cardinal number duo, with substt. which are plur. only, or with those which have a diff. signif. in the plur. from the sing. (cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 168): binae (litterae),two,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 9: bina castra,id. Phil. 12, 11, 27: binae hostium copiae,id. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Val. Max. 1, 6, 2: inter binos ludos,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 130; cf.: binis centesimis faeneratus est,id. ib. 2, 3, 70, § 165: bini codicilli,Suet. Oth. 10.—Esp.: bina milia, two thousand, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 80, 4: bina milia passuum,Quint. 6, 3, 77.
* Of things that are in pairs or double, a pair, double, two: boves bini,a yoke of oxen,Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 16; Lucr. 5, 1299: si forte oculo manus uni subdita supter Pressit eum... Omnia quae tuimur fieri tum bina tuendo, bina lumina, Binaque supellex, etc.,Lucr. 4, 449 sqq.: corpus,id. 5, 879: binos (scyphos) habebam,a pair, two of like form,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32: per binos tabellarios,id. Att. 6, 1, 9; id. Fam. 10, 33, 3: aeribus binis,Lucr. 4, 292: bina hastilia,Verg. A. 1, 313: aures,id. G. 1, 172: frena,id. A. 8, 168: fetus,id. E. 3, 30.
* Without subst.: nec findi in bina secando,into two parts,Lucr. 1, 534: si bis bina quot essent didicisset,Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 49.
* Bini, in mal. part. (cf. βινεῖ), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3.
* Gen. plur. always binūm, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 80, 4; Sall. H. 3, 22 Dietsch; Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57; Scrib. Comp. 8), num. distr. [bis].
* Two by two, two to each, two each, two at a time: nam ex his praediis talenta argenti bina Statim capiebat,every year two talents,Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 6: describebat censores binos in singulas civitates,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 133: si unicuique bini pedes (campi) assignentur,two to each,id. Agr. 2, 31, 84: distribuit binos (gladiatores) singulis patribus familiarum,id. Att. 7, 14, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.: annua imperia binosque imperatores sibi fecere,Sall. C. 6, 7: Carthagine quotannis annui bini reges creabantur,Nep. Hann. 7, 4: illos binas aut amplius domos continuare,Sall. C. 20, 11: si inermes cum binis vestimentis velitis ab Sagunto exire,Liv. 21, 13, 7: bini senatores singulis cohortibus propositi,id. 3, 69, 8; 10, 30, 10: dentes triceni bini viris attribuuntur,Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 71; 36, 9, 14, § 69.
* Taking the place of the cardinal number duo, with substt. which are plur. only, or with those which have a diff. signif. in the plur. from the sing. (cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 168): binae (litterae),two,Cic. Att. 6, 1, 9: bina castra,id. Phil. 12, 11, 27: binae hostium copiae,id. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; Val. Max. 1, 6, 2: inter binos ludos,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 130; cf.: binis centesimis faeneratus est,id. ib. 2, 3, 70, § 165: bini codicilli,Suet. Oth. 10.—Esp.: bina milia, two thousand, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 80, 4: bina milia passuum,Quint. 6, 3, 77.
* Of things that are in pairs or double, a pair, double, two: boves bini,a yoke of oxen,Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 16; Lucr. 5, 1299: si forte oculo manus uni subdita supter Pressit eum... Omnia quae tuimur fieri tum bina tuendo, bina lumina, Binaque supellex, etc.,Lucr. 4, 449 sqq.: corpus,id. 5, 879: binos (scyphos) habebam,a pair, two of like form,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32: per binos tabellarios,id. Att. 6, 1, 9; id. Fam. 10, 33, 3: aeribus binis,Lucr. 4, 292: bina hastilia,Verg. A. 1, 313: aures,id. G. 1, 172: frena,id. A. 8, 168: fetus,id. E. 3, 30.
* Without subst.: nec findi in bina secando,into two parts,Lucr. 1, 534: si bis bina quot essent didicisset,Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 49.
* Bini, in mal. part. (cf. βινεῖ), Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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