bipede

See also: bipède

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bipedem, derived from bi- (two) + pēs (foot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.pe.de/
  • Rhymes: -ipede
  • Hyphenation: bì‧pe‧de

Adjective

bipede (plural bipedi)

  1. bipedal
    • 1641, Niccolò Villani, Della Fiorenza difesa, page 46:
      Qual bipede Orso in compagnia n’andava,
      Del quadrupede suo drappello orsino
      As a bipedal bear he went, leading his quadrupedal ursine platoon

Noun

bipede m or f by sense (plural bipedi)

  1. biped
    • 1551, “Libro primo, Cap. 3 [First Book, Chapter 3]”, in La phisica di Aristotile, Venice, translation of Φυσικῆς ἀκροάσεως (Phusikês akroáseōs) by Aristotle, page 8:
      [] nella ragione di quelle cose, che sono nella diffinitiva ragione di alcuna cosa, [] non è mai la ragione di esso tutto, come nel bipede la ragione dell’huomo
      In the reason of those things which exist as the ultimate reason of any thing, there's never the whole thing, as in the biped the reason of man.

Further reading

  • bipede in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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