bivium

bĭvĭus, a, um, adj. [bis-via], having two ways or passages (rare;

not in Cic.): fauces,

Verg. A. 11, 516.—So, calles, Val. Fl. 5, 395: di, deae, worshipped at cross-roads, Inscr. Orell. 2105.—Hence, substt.

A.

bĭvĭi (sc. di), Inscr. Orell. 389; 2104.—

B.

bĭvĭum, i, n., a place with two ways, or where two ways meet.

1.

Lit.:

in bivio portae,

Verg. A. 9, 238:

ad bivia consistere,

Liv. 38, 45, 8; Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; Vulg. Marc. 11, 4.—

2.

Trop.: bivium nobis ad culturam dedit natura, experientiam et imitationem, a twofold means or method, Varr. R. R. 1, 18, 7.—Of a twofold love, Ov. R. Am. 486.