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Revision as of 02:35, 1 October 2019
See also: Ancus
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from angō (“to draw together, to strangle”). It could also be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“curve”), but this is a neuter s-stem noun (like e.g. genus), a formation unknown to adjectives.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈan.kus/, [ˈäŋkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈan.kus/, [ˈäŋkus]
Adjective
ancus (feminine anca, neuter ancum); first/second-declension adjective
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (possibly) bent or bound
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ancus | anca | ancum | ancī | ancae | anca | |
Genitive | ancī | ancae | ancī | ancōrum | ancārum | ancōrum | |
Dative | ancō | ancō | ancīs | ||||
Accusative | ancum | ancam | ancum | ancōs | ancās | anca | |
Ablative | ancō | ancā | ancō | ancīs | |||
Vocative | ance | anca | ancum | ancī | ancae | anca |
Usage notes
- This word occurs only once in surviving Latin sources, where it describes arms that are not raised. Its meaning is uncertain.
References
- “ancus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ancus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ancus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.