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bĭpālĭum, ii, n. [bis-pala], a double mattock: solum ad bipalium defodere, Col. 11, 2, 17 Schneid. ad loc. (MSS. bĭpĕdā-lĭum; elsewhere only in abl. sing.): bipalio vertere terram, Cato, R. R. 6, 3: bipalio agrum subigere, id. ib. 45, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5; Col. 3, 5, 3; 11, 3, 11; id. Arb. 1, 5; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; 18, 26, 62, § 230.

bĭpĕdālis, e, adj. [bis-pes],

  1. I. two feet long, broad, or thick (class. in prose and poetry): fenestrae, Cato, R. R. 14, 2: trabes, two feet thick, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: materia, id. B. C. 2, 10: sol huic (Epicuro) bipedalis fortasse videtur, * Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 20: adulescentulus bipedali minor, * Suet. Aug. 43: tegulae, Vitr. 7, 1 fin.: modulus, Hor. S. 2, 3, 309: hiatus, Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 57: latitudo, Col. 8, 3, 7.
  2. II. Subst.: bĭpĕdāle, is, n., a tile or flag-stone two feet long, Inscr. Fabr. p. 500, 39.