I.opening in two ways, open in two directions (acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 5, used by Enn.; cf. Ann. v. 62 Vahl.; but only two exs. in Verg. are preserved): “portis alii bipatentibus assunt, i.e. portis duarum valvarum,” Verg. A. 2, 330 Wagn.—Of the doors of the dwellings of the gods: “considunt tectis bipatentibus,” Verg. A. 10, 5 (est autem sermo Ennianus tractus ab ostiis, quae ex utrāque parte aperiuntur, Serv.).
bĭpătens , entis, adj. bis-pateo,

