bignae

Latin

Etymology

From bi- (“two-”) +‎ -gnus (“-born”).[1]

Adjective

bignae f pl

  1. (hapax) twin (nominative plural feminine)
    • [1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 33:
      Bignae geminae dicuntur, quia bis una die natae sunt.
      Twins are called bignae, because two are born in a single day.]

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “gignō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 260–261
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