Latin

Adjective

bīnus m ‎(feminine bīna, neuter bīnum); first/second declension

1. double, twofold, binary
2. (chiefly plural) in pairs
3. (chiefly plural) two each
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1

     Et praetoribus prioris anni M. Iunio in Etruria, P. Sempronio in Gallia cum binis legionibus quas habuerant prorogatum est imperium.

     […] And the military command of Marcus Junius in Etruria and Publius Sempronius in Gaul, praetors of the previous year, was extended with the two legions which they had each held.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Derived terms

• bīnārius
• combīnō

References

• binus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “binus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be absolutely ignorant of arithmetic: bis bina quot sint non didicisse
    
  • (ambiguous) to lend at 24 per cent.[TR1: binis centesimis fenerari