English

Noun

biennium ‎(plural bienniums or biennia)

1. A period of two years

Derived terms

• (adj.): biennial

Related terms

• (1-year period): See year
• (3-year period): triennium

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /biˈen.ni.um/, [bɪˈɛn.ni.ũ]

Etymology 1

bi- +‎ annus +‎ -ium

Noun

biennium n ‎(genitive bienniī or biennī); second declension

1. biennium

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of biennis.

Adjective

biennium

1. genitive masculine plural of biennis
2. genitive feminine plural of biennis
3. genitive neuter plural of biennis

References

• biennium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• biennium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BIENNIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “biennium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.