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.—
II. Subst.: bĭpĕdāle , is, n., a tile or flag-stone two feet long, Inscr. Fabr. p. 500, 39.