A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Two: duo, duae, duo (adj.plural num.), q.v.; "the cardinal numerals unus (1), duo (2) and tres (3) are declined; the others from quatuor (4) to centum (100) are used unchanged whatever the gender and case of the noun which they qualify ." (Stearn 1983); cf. 'both;' see second; duo, duae, duo (adj.plural num.), q.v.; [no singular] always plural m. f. n. Nom. ------- duo duae duo (always plural) Gen. ------- duorum duarum duorum Dat. ------- duobus duabus duobus 'the two; both' Acc. ------- duo or duos duas duo Abl. ------- duobus duabus duobus NOTE: duo, duae, duo represent the cardinal number ‘two.’ secundus,-a,-um (adj.A) represents the ordinal number (numeral) ‘second.’ NOTE: 'two' (duo, duae, duo) in the sense of 'both' refers to two unrelated or unassociated objects; see 'both'; - interdum antheridia duo per oogonium visa, sometimes two antheridia per oogonium seen. - coloniae aetate duarum vel trium hebdomadum, colonies at the age of two or three weeks, 2- or 3-week-old colonies (Stearn, 1983). - lodiculae duae hyalinae truncatae vel bilobatae glabrae, 1-3 mm longae, lodicules 2 hyaline truncate or 2-lobed glabrous 1-3 mm long (Stearn 1983). - lobis ventralibus duobus lanceolatis majoribus, sinu non profundo separatis, with lobes ventral two lanceolate larger, separated by a shallow sinus. - folia quaterna, in quoque verticillo duo longiora, duo breviora, leaves four together, in each whorl two longer, two shorter (Stearn 1983). - interdum antheridia duo per oogonium visa, sometimes antheridia two per oogonium seen. - antheridia plerumque paragyna, per oogonium unica vel raro duo, antheridia usually paragynous, per oogonium single or rarely two. - saepe in caespitibus interruptis duobus vel pluribus, often in interrupted tufts two or more. - vacuolae apicales contractiles duae, apical contractile vacuoles two. - vacuolis apicalibus contractilibus duabus, with apical contractile vacuoles two. Note: ambo, ambae, ambo, numerical adj. expressed in plural only and declined like duo, duae, duo ('two'): ambo indicates 'both', two together, the two, of objects naturally in pairs, such as hands or the ends of two-ended objects, used of two objects considered together as a pair; - in ambabus extremitatibus, at both ends. - ad ambas extremitates, at both ends. Note: uter, utra, utrum (indefinite relative pron.): whichsoever of two, the one (of two) which; either of the two, one or the other, one of two; see uterque, utraque, utrumque to which the grammatical points apply; - uter florum fertilis, hieme caducus, either one of the (two) fertile flowers, in winter is caducous. Note: uterque, utraque, utrumque (pronoun), q.v.: either, each of two, each member of a pair, both (considered separately), used in the singular to consider each one of two things 'applied to two subjects regarded severally, while [ambo, ambae, ambo, numerical adj. 'both'] regards the two as a pair' (Lewis & Short); - in utroque latere costae, on each side of the costa Note: alter, altera, alterum (irregular adj.A), q.v.: the other (of two), the one, one of two, the second; - perigyniae duae, altera sterilis, perigynia two, one sterile. - superficie adaxiali glabra, abaxiali stratis indumenti duobus vestita, alterum stratum e trichomatibus sessilibus stellatis, alterum ex strato granuloso-furfuraceo denso compositum, adaxial surbace glabrous, abaxial clothed with two layers of indument, one layer composed of stellate sessile trichomes, the other with a granulose-furfuraceous dense layer.
two, two each, two apiece, two at a time; a set of two, paired; the two, both; with substantives that are used only in the plural; of things that match, as oxen in a yoke: bini, binae, bina (adj. num. distr. plural, adj.A); see bini, binae, bina; see second; plural m. f. n. Nom. bini binae bina (always plural) Gen. binorum binarum binorum Dat. binis Acc. binos binas binos Abl. binis - spica filiformis solitaria vel binae, spike filiform solitary or paired. - angulis binis, with two angles (Stearn 1983). - fructibus in quoque ramo binis, with fruits on each branch two (i.e. paired). - folia secus rhachim bina, leaves two along the rhachis.
by twos, in pairs, two each, two at a time; two together: binatim (adv.); - foliolis binatim dispositis, with leaflets arranged in pairs. - suturis binatim dehiscentibus, with sutures dehiscing in pairs.
two-colored: bicolor,-coloris (adj.B); for declension see -colored; bicolorus,-a,-um (adj.A); dichroicus,-a,-um (adj.A), dichrous,-a,-um (adj.A), dichromus,-a,-um (adj.A).
of two months (duration): bimestris,-e (adj.B).
two-thirds: see bes, gen. sg. bessis (s.m.III), i.e. 'two-thirds (= eight unciae) of any whole composed of twelve parts', but apparently used to represent two-thirds of any quantity, such as length; - pappi squamis dimidiis vel bessibus longitudinis tubarum corollarum, with the scales of the pappus half or two-thirds the length of the corolla-tubes (St. John & White, 1920). two years old, of two years, continuing two years: bimus,-a,-um (adj.A); - fructibus bimis, with fruits that are two years old. Bryum bimum Schreb.
two each, paired, in pairs, with a pair, as a leaf divided into two leaflets: binatus,-a,-um (adj.A); cf. binatim (adv.): in pairs, two each, by twos, two at a time; two together; see -natim (adv.); cf. singulatim (adv.), one by one; singly; cf. geminatus; see paired; - aculeis binatis, with prickles in pairs. - dentibus peristomii in crura binata divisis, with the teeth of the peristome divided into paired crura.