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bĭceps , cĭpĭtis (old form bĭcĭpes , like ancipes for anceps, acc. to Prisc. p. 754 P.; bĭcepsŏs , Varr. L. L. 5, § 50 Müll.; bĭ-căpĭtes , δικέφαλοι, Gloss. Philox.), adj. bis-caput.
I. Having two heads, twoheaded (rare but class.): puella nata biceps, * Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121: “puer,” Liv. 41, 21, 12: “porcus,” id. 28, 11, 3: “Janus,” Ov. F. 1, 65; id. P. 4, 4, 23: “serpens,” Plin. 10, 62, 82, § 169: “partus,” Tac. A. 15, 47: “gladius,” with two edges, Vulg. Prov. 5, 4.—Poet., of mountains, with two summits: “Parnasus,” Ov. M. 2, 221; cf. id. ib. 1, 316; Luc. 5, 72; Pers. prol. 2.—
II. Trop., divided into two parts: bicipitem civitatem fecit, discordiarum civilium fontem, Varr. ap. Non. p. 454, 23; Flor. 3, 17, 3: “argumentum,” i. e. a dilemma, App. Flor. 4, n. 18.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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