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English
Noun
Ancon (plural Ancons)
- A sheep of a breed from Massachusetts with short crooked legs and long back.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ancōn (“bend, elbow”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ancōn f sg (genitive Ancōnis); third declension
- Ancona (a city in Italy)
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Ancon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ancon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.